Delectable delite !

J - I - L - E -B -I......... "Celebration Sweet of India ".

India's most popular true classic. Once you start, can't leave them alone. Sticky & Crispy sweet you crave for. It is a hot favourite on any special occasion be it a birthday, wedding or festival. Jilebis though mostly eaten by themselves, can also be soaked in warm milk.

Pronounced Juhlaybee or Jeelaybee it is a delicious dessert. Jilebis are orange yellow in color and are about 3 inches in diameter. They are essentially deep fried batter in a coiled form soaked in sugar syrup.

This sweet is my sweetheart's favourite and of course mine too... :))

Ingredients:

2 cups All purpose flour (maida)

1 1/2 tbsp fine grained semolina or rice flour

1/4th tsp baking powder2 tbsp curd (plain yogurt)

1 1/4th cups warm water1/2 tsp saffron threads

Slowly dry-roasted and powdered 3 cups sugar

2 2/3rd cups water

1/2 tsp green cardamom seeds powder

11 /2 tbsp kewra water or rose water

Ghee or vegetable oil for frying.

How to make jilebi:

Mix the flour, semolina or rice flour, baking powder, curd and 3/4th cup of the water in a bowl (preferably a ceramic bowl).

Mix well with a whisk.

Mix well and then add remaining water and 1/8th tsp. of saffron powder, and whisk until smooth.

Set aside for about 2 hours to ferment.

Whisk thoroughly before use.

Prepare one string syrup by dissolving sugar in the water.

Just before the syrup is ready add saffron and cardamom powder.

Heat oil in a kadhai.

Pour the batter in a steady stream ( or coconut shell with a hole) into the kadhai to form coils. Make a few at a time. Deep fry them until they are golden and crisp all over but not brown. Remove from the kadhai and drain on kitchen paper and immerse in the syrup.

Appetizing ,enticing,dainty sweet is ready for you to taste!