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30-Minute Easy Jalebi Recipe

Using my mother’s traditional recipe, once you try these homemade instant jalebis you will never go back to store-bought! They come out crispy, juicy and so flavorful every time. With only 30 minutes of time required, this recipe is easy to prepareand so delicious!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Diet: Vegan, Vegetarian
Keyword: homemade jalebi, instant jalebi, jalebi, jalebi recipe
Servings: 30 jalebis
Calories: 72kcal
Author: Shilpa Joshi

Equipment

  • pan for frying

Ingredients

Saffron Sugar Syrup (Chaasni)

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 pinches saffron generous pinches for more color
  • 1½ tsp lemon juice
  • ¼ tsp cardamom powder
  • orange color optional, I use the natural color from saffron for the color

Jalebi

  • 1 cup all purpose flour maida
  • 3½ tbsp urad dal flour grind urad dal and sieve to make your own flour if you do not have it
  • 1 tbsp ghee
  • 1½ tsp Eno
  • ⅔ cup water
  • 2 tbsp water note: total ⅔ cup plus 2 tbsp water total
  • oil for deep frying

Garnish

  • chopped pistachios optional

Instructions

Saffron Sugar Syrup (Chaasni)

  • Bring 1 cupwater and 2 cups sugar with cardamom and saffron to a boil. Sugar should be dissolved, stir. Let simmer for 2-3 minutes more. Turn off gas and add in lemon juice.
    sugar chaasni syrup

Jalebi

  • Mix ingredients of urad dal flour, all purpose flour, eno and ghee
    Jalebi dough mix
  • Add water (⅔cup plus 2 tbsp water) to make a dough that is not too thin and not to thick. It will be on thicker side. If you need more water add 1 tbsp at a time.
    Jalebi dough mix
  • Fill squeeze bottle with batter. Heat oil. Once oil heated make jalebi shapes in oil to fry on medium heat.
    jalebi recipe process
  • Fry until golden brown
    fried jalebi
  • Once browned, immediately dunk jalebi in the sugar syrup for 1 minute
    jalebi in sugar syrup
  • Remove from syrup and garnish with pistachios. Best enjoyed fresh!
    jalebi

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Notes

Use a grinder to make your own urad dal flour if you do not have some at home
Note: Eno is a fruit salt which is composed of basically 60% baking soda and 40% citric acid
1 tsp Eno = 1/2 tsp baking soda + 1/2 tsp citric acid
So you can substitute 1 tsp baking soda + 1 tsp citric acid if you do not have Eno. You can also try substituting the citric acid with lemon juice if you do not have citric acid.

Nutrition

Calories: 72kcal | Carbohydrates: 17g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 4mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 1mg | Iron: 1mg