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Jalebi Recipe (with Step by Step Photos)

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हिन्दीગુજરાતી
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Jalebi, a spiral shaped crunchy sweet dipped in saffron laced sugar syrup, is the traditional Indian sweet. It is generally prepared on the festivals like Diwali and Ramadan and enjoyed with milk or other Indian snacks. There are two ways to prepare it; Traditional method and Instant method. In traditional method, batter prepared from maida and yogurt is fermented for 24 hours whereas In instant method, the batter is prepared using instant yeast and doesn’t require fermentation. You can make jalebis at home by following any method you desire but Jalebi prepared by traditional method tastes better.
There are 3-main steps to make this yummy sweet at home; in first step, a batter is prepared from maida and yogurt either using fermentation method (traditional method) or using instant yeast (instant method), in second step, a sugar syrup is prepared, and in last step, round spirals are made from the batter directly into hot oil and deep fried until crispy and then soaked in warm sugar syrup. This step by step recipe of Jalebi uses the traditional method.
Easy Jalebi Recipe

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Preparation Time:  24 hours 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 25 minutes
Serves: 4 servings
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Jalebi Recipe In Hindi (हिन्दी में पढ़े)
Jalebi Recipe In Gujarati (ગુજરાતી માં વાંચો)
Ingredients For Batter:
1/2 cup Maida/All Purpose Flour
1 tablespoon Corn Flour (white corn starch) or Aararoot Powder
1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
A pinch of Turmeric Powder (to get yellow color)
1/4 cup Curd (yogurt)
1/4 cup Water
Ingredients For Syrup:
1/2 cup Sugar
1/4 cup + 2 tablespoons Water
1 teaspoon Lemon Juice
A pinch of Cardamom Powder (elayachi)
5-7 strands of Saffron (kesar), optional
Directions for making Jalebi Batter:
  1. step-1
    Sieve 1/2 cup maida in a medium bowl. Add 1-tablespoon corn flour (white corn starch), 1/4 teaspoon baking powder, a pinch of turmeric powder and 1/4 cup yogurt.
  2. step-2
    Add water as needed (approx. 1/4 cup) and make a thick batter having consistency similar to vada batter (or little thicker than idli batter). Make sure that there are no lumps in batter.
  3. step-3
    Cover the batter with a lid and keep it at room temperature for 24 hours to ferment. After 24 hours, remove the lid. The batter will have tiny bubbles on the surface and mild sour smell. Unlike Idli batter, its volume will not increase.
  4. step-4
    Stir the batter well with a spoon.
  5. step-5
    It should have sticky and dropping consistency. If the batter is too thin, jalebi will turn crispy but flat and if the batter is too thick, jalebi will turn soft and thick.
  6. step-6
    Pour the batter into an empty ketchup bottle or jalebi maker bottle or in a thick ziplock bag.
Directions for making Sugar Syrup for Jalebi:
  1. step-7
    Add sugar, saffron strands, cardamom powder and water in a deep container and heat it over medium flame.
  2. step-8
    Cook until the syrup reaches to 1-string consistency.
  3. step-9
    When it reaches to 1-string consistency, add lemon juice. Mix well. Turn off the flame. Syrup is ready. [When you start making jalebis, heat the sugar syrup over low flame to keep it warm when the jalebis are dipped in it in next step.]
How to make Jalebis:
  1. step-10
    Heat ghee/oil in a wide mouthed flat pan over medium flame to deep fry the jalebis. In this recipe, oil + 2 tablespoons ghee is used for deep frying. To check whether oil is ready for deep frying or not, add a drop of batter into hot oil and if it comes immediately on the surface without changing the color, oil is ready. When oil is ready, make round jalebis by squeezing the bottle (or ziplock bag) and moving it in a circular direction starting from the center towards the outside (or start from outside and move towards the center). Make 2-3 spirals of batter (or more or less depending on the size of a pan). If the jalebi doesn’t have perfect shape, don’t worry, as it requires some practice to make the perfect round shape. Its shape doesn’t affect its taste and texture.
  2. step-11
    Flip 2-3 times (or as needed) using a tong to deep fry them evenly.
  3. step-12
    Deep fry them until light golden and crispy.
  4. step-13
    Remove it from the oil using a tong and immediately put it into the warm sugar syrup. Syrup should we warm or little hot, it shouldn’t be cold. Keep it in syrup for approx. 2-minutes; flip it once after a minute.
  5. step-14
    Remove it from the syrup using a fork and transfer it to a plate. Jalebi is now ready for serving.
Tips and Variations:
  • If the batter is too thick, jalebi will turn soft and if it is watery, jalebi will turn flat and crispy.
  • Lemon juice is added while making syrup to prevent sugar syrup from solidifying. It doesn’t affect the taste of syrup.
  • Add few teaspoons of maida and mix the batter well if the batter turns watery after fermentation.
Taste:  Sweet and Crispy
Serving Ideas:Enjoy jalebi on its own or with namkeens/snacks like chivda, crispy methi puri, namak pare, chakli, gathiya etc. It can also be served with rabdi as a dessert after dinner.

Author: Foram

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10 Comments


Jul 20, 2021 by Bojanapally Venkateswarao
Useful...super...good work..good suggestions..thank you for everything..
May 30, 2020 by Poonam
Why my jalebi become soft??

Response: Jalebi becomes soft when the batter is too thick or not cooked for a longer period in oil.


May 19, 2020 by Ayesha
Hi, can you tell me how many jalebis this exactly makes?

Response: Hello Ayesha, you can make

Oct 22, 2019 by Shila Mollick
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Apr 02, 2019 by Mateo Pedersen
Yum yum! How beautiful and delicious they look. I wish I could have 4-5 jalebis right away.
Aug 19, 2018 by Deepti Potey
Hi,
I stay out of India and it gets very cold here. For batter fermentation would you recommend keeping in oven with light switched on?
Thanks
Deepti

Response: Yes, Deepti, keep the batter in oven with the light switched on.


Jan 10, 2018 by Sujit Mhadesar
Very nice. Easy to prepare and great taste! Thanks for the recipe!
Nov 20, 2017 by Pritam Giri
Can we use curd in place of yogurt?

Response: Plain yogurt means curd is used in this recipe so you can use curd.

Jul 14, 2017 by Steffie Dias
U r awesome cook. So easy and nice recipe thank you.
Oct 23, 2016 by Anamika b.
Today evening I prepared jalebi. It came out awesome. I never thought it will be so simple to make. Jalebi is favourite desert of my husband. All in family liked it. Thanks for sharing. Wanted to share pic of my jalebi. Kindly share place in your blog or your mail id.

Response: Thank you Anamika for trying the recipe. I'm glad that it turned out well and your family liked it. Send us the pic of your tried recipes either via mail (support@foodviva.com) or at our foodviva facebook page (via message or via sharing the post).

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