Crispy on the outside and oozing with sweet juice as you bite into, Jalebis are one Indian dessert you can’t stop at just one!
I have memories of eating hot Jalebis fresh for breakfast almost every weekend. Growing up, weekend brunches comprised of warm store bought jalebis as a sweet treat. Jalebis are sort of like funnel cake but these are eggless made with only few basic ingredients such as flour, yogurt, salt and pinch of baking soda.
Poured into concentric circles or whichever shape you like, these are fried and then dunked into a delicious sweet syrup spiked with saffron and rose water. Amazingly sweet crunchy and filled with a fragrant syrup these taste equally good both fresh out of the pan and even a day old.
Growing up everytime we would end up with jalebi leftovers which will make up for a quick snack dipped in some warm milk. Ohh I suggest you to try that. It tastes out of this world.
With Holi being a few days away only and my Mom sending me pics of all the delicious foods she has been making for Holi celebration back in India, all I wanted was some fresh hot jalebis. Just the way they used to taste growing up. It’s hard to get them fresh here so I decided to give them a try myself. After almost 5 trials I can say I have the perfect jalebi recipe for you, the way it used to taste while growing up in North India. In North India, jalebis are thin and crispy and that’s the way I enjoy them.
Just a little patience is all you need to make a perfect batch of homemade jalebis!
- Batter
- 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 2 tsp besan (gram flour) or corn flour
- 4 tbsp yogurt (low fat or full fat)
- 8-9 tbsp water
- Pinch of baking soda
- Oil for frying such as canola oil, vegetable oil or ghee (I used canola oil)
- Sugar Syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp saffron
- 1 tbsp rose water (optional)
- 1-2 tsp lime or lemon juice
- In a bowl add both flours and stir. In another bowl, add yogurt and water and stir until smooth. Add yogurt-water mix to the flours and keep mixing for good 5-7 minutes until it starts to fall like a ribbon. Basically reaching ribbon consistency simply means that after stirring it for good 5-7 minutes, if you try to make the yogurt fall from a height it should fall into the bowl like a ribbon that is almost continuous without breaking in parts.
- Add pinch of baking soda and stir. Keep it aside.
- In a deep pot, add all the sugar syrup ingredients and bring it to a boil. Let it simmer for goof 7-10 minutes until starts to get thick. We don’t need any particular consistency here. If you take a drop of sugar syrup between your thumb and finger, you will see it stick and on pulling apart it form a single thread. That’s what we are looking for.
- Keep it warm on low flame and start frying jalebis.
- To make jalebis, you need to fry these and to get this shape, the best way is to fill up the batter in a squeeze bottle or zip lock.
- You can actually make any shape of your choice and they will still taste the same!
- Place oil in a frying pan and slowly heat it up to around 325-350F. Once hot, bring the heat to low-medium for frying. Squeeze the bottle or zip lock whichever you are using with a even pressure into round concentric circles. Fry for 1-2 minutes and then flip and fry the other side until both sides are golden brown. Transfer them to a paper towel.
- Add them to the warm sugar syrup. Let them absorb sugar syrup for few seconds and flip. After another few seconds, take them out on a parchment paper lined plate. Enjoy.
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These jalebis sound delicious and so comforting! It’s always wonderful making something from childhood that brings memories back <3 Pinning!
Thanks Ceara!!
Yummy!! Give me some!! The jalebis look perfect Ami! 🙂
Hehe thanks!!
Oh my Ami. These look so tasty. I really must have one. . .or two. . .or three of these in my hand right now. Great job perfecting the recipe. I bet your mom was proud.
Hehe thanks Lynn!!
Oh I loved eating these when I was in India! They are a little hard to find here so thanks for the recipe – now I can make them myself 😀
Awww so glad you like jalebis Lu!! Let me know if you try them!!
Ooooohhhhhh, WOW! Yummylicious, delicious and fingerlickinglicious!please, can I have the whole platter please? 🙂
Yes yes!! Hehe thanks!!
Don’t we have to keep the mixture overnight for jalebis?
Shefali, this is an instant jalebi recipe.. You don’t need to keep this overnight..
This looks so delicious and tempting. I have been following ur posts on FB in CaL. Now Following ur blog too 🙂
Yay!! Thanks and hope you keep enjoying my recipes ?
I got perfect jalebi from the receipe and as a beginner to cooking it was an overwhelming experience 🙂 Thanks to you!
Yay!!!! That’s such good news!! Shi happy that you enjoyed it!!
Could you pls add stage by stage pics?
Awesome
Thanks for the receipe!I was craving for jalebis from couple of days..looks so yum.I will try it for sure soon
Tried this recipe. Jalebi’s came out perfect. Had been craving for them since weeks and ate them to heart. Thanks for the wonderful recipe !
Glad that you enjoyed these Khushboo 🙂
beautiful pics and lovely writing…
i made these yday. they are really delicious but mine did not stay crispy for long, especially the centres of the spirals. accidentally i made few short “sticks” too, before getting hang of the shaping process and these ones were the best.
tastewise they are definitely better than churros while easier and faster to make.
i am putting this recipe down in my secret book, fantastic!
Thanks For Sharing this amazing recipe. My family loved it. I will be sharing this recipe with my friends. Hope the will like it.