Jalebis
Yeast-fermented batter piped into hot ghee. Crisp, sticky, gone in five minutes.
Ingredients
- 250g plain flour
- 1/2 tsp dry yeast in 1 tsp warm water
- 500g sugar
- 500ml water
- 3 cardamoms, crushed
- Ghee for frying
Method
- Whisk the flour, yeast mixture and water into a thin batter and leave it to ferment a few hours.
- Boil sugar and water into a one-string syrup with cardamom. Keep it warm, not hot.
- Fill a piping bag with a small plain nozzle, or a squeeze bottle.
- Pipe figure-eights and coils straight into hot ghee. Fry golden on both sides.
- Drain for a second, then straight into the syrup. Five minutes soaking, then out — longer and they go limp.