Jalebies (Orange Whirls)

Ingredients:

1 cup plain flour (maida)
1 teaspoon Bengal gram flour
1/2 teaspoon Fresh yeast
1 teaspoon Ghee
1 cup Sugar
2-3 drops Lemon yellow food colour
1/4 teaspoon Lemon juice
Few Saffron
As per requirement Ghee

Method :

For the jalebi batter:

Sieve the plain flour and gram flour together. Dissolve the yeast in 1 tablespoon of water. Mix the flour mixture, yeast solution, ghee, 1 tsp sugar and lemon yellow food colouring with 2/3 cup of water to make a thick batter, making sure that there are no lumps. Keep aside for 10 minutes till the yeast ferments.

For the sugar syrup:

Dissolve the sugar in ½ cup of water and simmer for 5 minutes till the syrup is of 2 string consistency. Add the saffron and lemon juice and mix. Remove from the fire and keep aside.

Method:

Heat the ghee in a large saucepan. The ghee should be approximately 1 inch deep. Fill the jalebi batter into a piping bag with a single hole nozzle or a thick cloth with a small hole in the center which is finished with button-hole stitch. Press out round whirls of the batter into the hot ghee working closely from outside to the centre of the whirl [approx.50 mm (2) diameter]. Deep fry the jalebis till golden brown and transfer into the warm sugar syrup. Drain immediately and serve hot.