How to make Kesari Jalebi -
Tasty and delicious sweet.
This is a Sanjeev Kapoor exclusive recipe.
Main Ingredients : Refined Flour, Saffron
Cuisine : Indian
Course : Mithais
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Kesari Jalebi Recipe Card
History of Indian cuisine dates back to nearly 5,000-years ago when various groups and cultures interacted with India that led to a diversity of flavours and regional cuisines.
Indian cuisine comprises of a number of regional cuisines. The diversity in soil type, climate, culture, ethnic group and occupations, these cuisines differ from each other mainly due to the use of locally available spices, herbs, vegetables and fruits. Indian food is also influenced by religious and cultural choices and traditions.
Foreign invasions, trade relations and colonialism had introduced certain foods to the country like potato, chillies and breadfruit.
Prep Time : 8-10 hour
Cook time : 31-40 minutes
Serve : 4
Level Of Cooking : Moderate
Taste : Sweet
Ingredients for Kesari Jalebi Recipe
Refined Flour 1 1/2 cups
Saffron 1 teaspoon
Sugar 2 1/2 cups
Saffron (kesar) a few strands
Ghee to deep fry
Method
Step 1
Mix flour and soda bi-carbonate. Add water and make a smooth batter taking care that there are no lumps. Leave it overnight to ferment.
Step 2
Just before making the jalebis whisk the batter again, adding a little water if necessary to make the batter of pouring consistency. Boil sugar and two cups of water together for twenty minutes to make syrup.
Step 3
Dissolve saffron in warm water and add it to the sugar syrup. Take a very thick square cloth with a side measuring eight inches, make a three millimetre hole in the center, hold the edges together to make a bag.
Step 4
Pour the jalebi batter into this bag. Heat sufficient ghee to deep fry in a frying pan and pour the batter from the bag into the hot ghee in a circular shape making a couple of circles, one outside the other.
Step 5
Deep fry till golden and crisp. Drain and soak in the sugar syrup for five minutes. Drain and serve.
Nutrition Info
Calories : 3425 Kcal
Carbohydrates : 726.8 gm
Protein : 22.3 gm
Fat : 47.2 gm
Other : Iron- 21.3mg
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