Cultural food
Indian Sweets – Jalebi
Putting this recipe in the children’s cook book could give a
cultural twist to the book.
A Jalebi is a sweet very popular in Asia; these sweets are
made for occasions such as wedding and parties but can be made whenever. They are
normally served warm so that you can get the full flavour; it is a sweet sugary
treat. They are made by deep frying the mixture,
the recipe is:
Ingredients:
- 2 cups self-raising
flour
- 1/2 tsp
baking powder
- 1 cup
yogurt
- Vegetable/canola/sunflower
cooking oil for deep frying
- 1 cup
sugar
- Few
strands saffron
- 1/4 tsp
cardamom powder
- 2 drops
orange food colour
- 2 tbsps
rose water
Preparation:
- Mix the
flour, baking powder and yogurt into a batter and keep aside for 24 hours
to ferment.
- Pour
batter into a ketchup dispensing bottle.
- To make
sugar syrup: Melt the sugar with the rose water and boil to get a one
thread consistency. To check for one thread consistency, carefully dip the
tip of your index finger into the syrup, touch your finger and thumb
together and gently tease apart. If one thread is formed between your
finger and thumb the syrup is done.
- Turn
off fire, add the saffron strands and cardamom and stir well.
- Heat
the oil in a deep wok-like dish. To test for the right temperature, drop a
small amount of batter into the oil. If it sizzles and rises to the top of
the oil, the oil is hot enough. Keep the flame on medium at all times to
ensure all round cooking of the jalebis.
- Now
hold the ketchup dispenser over the hot oil and squeeze the batter into
the oil into a wiggly, randomly coiled circle. Squeeze out several at a
time.
- Fry
till light golden and then remove and put directly into the sugar syrup.
- Allow
to soak for 2-3 minutes and then remove.
- Serve warm.
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