Jalebi is an Indian Sweet which is basically deep fried batter in pretzel kind of shape and dipped in sugar syrup
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 15 minutes
- Cook time: 20 minutes
- Total time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 12
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: Indian, Vegan
Ingredients
Sugar Syrup:
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup water
- pinch of cardamom powder
- pinch of saffron strands crushed
Jalebi:
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- just about 1/2 cup luke warm water
- 1 Tablespoon non dairy Yogurt
- 1/2 teaspoon quick rise yeast
- 2 teaspoons sugar
- pinch of saffron crushed
- orange food color (optional.. I did not use color)
- Oil for frying
Method
- To prepare the sugar syrup, Boil all the ingredients till the syrup comes to a boil and thickens a bit. (2-3 minutes after the syrup boils). You can add other flavors to the syrup like kewra essence or rose water/essence instead of cardamom.
- For the Jalebi batter, In a bowl, add warm water, sugar, saffron and yeast and mix well.
- Keep the mixture for 10 minutes or until it is frothy.
- Add in the flour, non dairy yogurt and mix well to make a smooth pouring consistency mixture without lumps.
- Cover bowl with plastic wrap and keep for an hour.
- Pour the mixture into a squeezy bottle or a zip-lock bag and cut a small hole(1/8 inch) on one side of the ziplock bag,
- Heat oil in a kadhai or deep pan over medium heat until hot. Starting from the center, squeeze out the batter in circles to make a big concentric circle.
- Fry it on medium high heat on both sides, till the Jalebies turn golden brown. (*Authentic Jalebis are meant to be fried in ghee(clarified butter), like are you kidding me, 2 cups of ghee is probably from 100s of gallons of milk!)
- Transfer Jalebis to warm sugar syrup and remove after half a minute.
- Serve warm or cold as is or topped with Vegan Rabdi!
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.