Name: Wheat Flour Fried Sweet Spirals recipe by Geeta Sachdev at BetterButter
Prep time: 480 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 510 min
Yield: 3
Ingredients: 2 cups Wheat flour; 1 tablespoon Cornstarch/Cornflour; *1/4 cup Besan (Chickpea flour/ Gram flour); *1 tablespoon semolina/sooj; 1/8 teaspoon Haldi (Turmericpowder); 1/4 cup Thick Curd; 3/4 to 1cup Lukewarm Water (adjust accordingly); Ghee or oil for Frying; For garnishing; *1 table spoon chopped pista; 1/4 tea spoon crushed cardamoms seeds+; 4 to 5 kesar threads; Sugar syrup; 1 cup sugar; 1/2 cup Water; 1 teaspoon Rose water or any essence; 1/2 teaspoon Lemon Juice; 1/2 teaspoon Cardamom Powder; 1/8 teaspoon Saffron strands/ kesar threads

ABOUT Wheat Flour Fried Sweet Spirals RECIPE

No yeast no maida no baking soda .Traditional jalebi recipe with little innovation sinfully sweet and delicious, spiral shaped Indian funnel cake is an addictive festive sweet. These crispy and crunchy Jalebies best when dipped in cold rabdi or milk.

Ingredients Serving: 3

2 cups Wheat flour
1 tablespoon Cornstarch/Cornflour
*1/4 cup Besan (Chickpea flour/ Gram flour)
*1 tablespoon semolina/sooj
1/8 teaspoon Haldi (Turmericpowder)
1/4 cup Thick Curd
3/4 to 1cup Lukewarm Water (adjust accordingly)
Ghee or oil for Frying
For garnishing
*1 table spoon chopped pista
1/4 tea spoon crushed cardamoms seeds+
4 to 5 kesar threads
Sugar syrup
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup Water
1 teaspoon Rose water or any essence
1/2 teaspoon Lemon Juice
1/2 teaspoon Cardamom Powder
1/8 teaspoon Saffron strands/ kesar threads

Instructions

Assemble dry ingredients
Add curd and water to make a thick and lump free batter.
Whisk the batter rapidly for few minutes to incorporate air into the batter.
Cover the batter and let it sit for 7 to 8 hours for fermentation
Meanwhile make chashni for jalebies
Heat water with sugar in a broad pan till sugar melts
Add 1/2 piece of lemon in syrup to bring out the scum ..
Then take off the scum with sieve or any spatula
Cook the syrup till sticky like honey
Don't make a thread consistency.
Off the gas
add kesar strands elaichi powder and rose water
After 8 hours whisk the batter stir up in a circular motion ..
Fill a pastry bag or a squeezable bottle with batter
Tighten the cap.
Heat ghee in a kadhai keep the heat at low
lower the bottle or the pastry bag right over the hot ghee.
Squeeze and move your hands in a circle making a swirl-
start the circle from the inside working your way out.
Turn the sides and fry spirals on midium flame from both sides till brown and crisp
Put and keep fried jalabies /spirals in luke warm chashni for few mins
Repeat the process with rest of the batter.
Remove from syrup and serve. Can be eaten hot or cold.

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