Preparation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 40 minutes

Serves:4-5

Recipe ingredients:

1 cup flour

½ cup yoghurt

1heaped teaspoon baking powder

A pinch orange food color

Clarified butter(desi ghee) or any hydrogenated fat (like Dalda or Rath) to deep fry

2 cups sugar

1 cup water

Recipe method:

Put the sugar and water to boil. Reduce the flame and simmer till you attain a one string consistency. (about 15 minutes). To check consistency, take a drop of slightly cooled syrup between index finger and thumb and press together. Lightly raise the finger. If the syrup pulls up as well to get a thread, the syrup is ready. Remove from fire.

well the baking powder into the flour. Add the yoghurt, food color and mix well. Add enough water to make a thick smooth batter.

Fill the batter in a piping bag or a cheese cloth in which a hole around 4mm diameter has been made.

Heat a 1" layer of fat or ghee in a shallow flat bottomed pan. The ghee should not be too hot.

Pipe the batter in circles and cross the circle to ensure that the spiral stays together. Pipe around 4-5 jalebis at a time. Allow the sizzle to die out a little and turn the jalebis when firm. Cook on a low flame till the bubbles die out. Fry to a light golden brown.

Remove the jalebis to a moderately warm syrup and allow the jalebis to soak the syrup(approx.. 3-4 minutes).

Serve hot.

BDST: 1409 HRS, Nov-27, 2014