Ingredients

• 200 g - plain flour (maida)
• 20 g - gram flour (besan)
• 200 g - sugar
• Few drops yellow colour
• 2 tbsp - milk
• Ghee to deep fry
• A plastic easy squeeze bottle

How to Make Jalebi with Maida and Besan

• Sieve 100 g maida and besan together.
• Make a batter using warm water.
• Keep aside for 24 hours.
• Add remaining maida and food colour and more warm water if required.
• The batter should fall easily when poured - not too thick not too thin.
• Keep aside.
• Make syrup of the sugar by adding water and boiling.
• Add the milk and allow the scum to form while boiling.
• Make one string syrup. Strain.
• Fill bottle with batter. The nozzle should have a hole the thickness of a knitting needle.
• Heat ghee well in a shallow frying pan and form jalebis in the form of concentric circles about 2 inches on the outside.
• Fry till crisp, drop into hot syrup. Drain with a perforated spoon, serve hot.