Jalebi Recipe | Jangiri Recipe | imarti recipe

Ingredients:

• black gram/uzhunnu/urad dal -3 /4cup[170g]
• sugar - 1 3/4cup[400g]
• cardamom powder -1/2 tsp
• turmeric powder -1 tsp
• lemon juice - 1 tsp
• pinch of salt
• oil/ghee for frying

 Method

 step 1 : prepare batter

• wash the dal 3 -4 times
• soak in water for 4 hours
• drain and grind into a very fine paste along with salt
• use minimum water to grind;I have used 2 table spooons of water to grind it
• transfer the ground batter into a wide vessel ;add 1/2 tsp turmeric powder
• beat with your hand for 5 minutes to aerate the batter
• transfer the batter into a piping bag

 step 2 : prepare sugar syrup

• add sugar into a sauce pan
• add 3 / 4cup of water and lemon juice
• add 1/2tsp turmeric powder
• heat up and stir well until sugar get dissolved
• bring to a good boil
• lower the flame and continue heating until the syrup gets half string consistency,when you test with your fingers the syrup strings and cut off immediately
• turn off the flame and stir in cardamom powder
• keep this aside

 step : shaping and frying

• pour oil into a shallow wide frying pan;the height of oil should be less than 1 inch
• when oil becomes medium hot press the dough into it 
• fry on medium - high flame until they are crisp

 step : soaking

• when the jangiris are crisp,drain from oil and quicky dip them in the sugar syrup
• do not allow the jangiris to cool or else they won't absorb the syrup
• take out them from the syrup roughly after 3 minutes
• repeat the same with the remaining dough
• crispy and juicy jangiri/imarti/jalebi are ready to sarve