Dussehra 2022: Try this YUMMY Jalebi recipe

New Delhi: The 9-day festival of Shardiya Navratri ends with Dussehra or Vijayadashami. The festival is already here and is being celebrated with full enthusiasm. Dussehra is celebrated to mark the victory of Lord Rama over Ravana. This is the reason why people call it the festival of goodness. This is one of the most important festivals in Hinduism and food, family, decorations are all part of the festivities.

Talking about food, Jalebi is known as the go-to-dessert on Dussehra. Most of the people relish this Indian sweet on the day of festival.

Why Jalebi is a Dussehra sweet?

The reason behind eating Jalebi has its root in our culture. It has been a tradition for many years. it is important to eat a sweet made with gram flour after observing fast for the whole day and Jalebi is one such sweet. It is prepared using combination of gram flour, all-purpose flour and baking soda which is fried and afterwards dipped in sugar syrup.

Also, it is said that Lord Rama loved to eat Jalebi. Lord Hanuman used to prepare this sweet dish for Lord Rama. In the ancient scriptures, this sweet is often called Shashkuli.

Recipe for Jalebi

Ingredients:

• Hung curd
• All purpose flour
• Ghee
• Sugar
• Saffron
• Green cardamom
• Corn flour
• Baking soda
• Sunflower oil
• Water
• Rose essence
• Edible food color

Method:

First of all, mix together all-purpose flour, cornflour and baking soda in a bowl. Now, add ghee and food colour to the above mixture. Add hung curd and water to it so that it becomes thick. Mix well until it has a slightly flowing consistency. Keep the mixture aside for 8-10 hours to ferment.

To prepare the sugar syrup, take some water and heat in a pan. Add sugar and let it dissolve. Simmer the syrup and add saffron, cardamom powder and rose essence to it. Stir well and your sugar syrup is prepared in which the fried jalebi will be soaked to give it the required taste.

Take aa pan and add oil. Let it heat over medium flame. Take a muslin cloth and fill it with the jalebi batter. Pierce a small hole and squeeze the muslin cloth to make spiral shaped jalebis. Fry till jalebis become crispy and golden.

Now, soak the jalebis in warm sugar syrup for 3-4 minutes. Afterwards, take the jalebis out and keep it on a tray lined with butter paper or foil. Serve the jalebis hot or at room temperature with creamy Rabri.

You can also add a little bit of ghee to the batter to make it even more delicious.