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Jalebi
4
Reva
Sweets-Dessert,Rajasthani,North Indian
* All purpose flour(Maida) - 2 cups 
* Baking powder - 1/2 tsp 
* Sugar - 2 cups 
* Saffron - A pinch 
* Cardamom powder - 1 tsp 
* Ghee (clarified butter) for frying 
1)Mix maida with baking powder, cardamom powder and water to made
a batter of the consistency of thick cream. 

2)Put this aside in a warm place to ferment for 24 hrs. 

3)Dissolve 2 cups of sugar in 2 cups of water and boil till it
becomes a syrup of one thread consistency. 

4)Add saffron soaked in warm water. 

5)Heat ghee in a deep frying pan. 

6)Fill the batter in an ordinary plastic funnel or a coconut
shell or a muslin cloth and pierce it from the bottom. 

7)Allow the batter to fall into continuous double circles. 

8)Allow the jalebis to set and then turn over once. 

9)When fried well, remove out of the pan and slip into the syrup.
Apply slight pressure so as to make them absorb the syrup. 

10)After 5 minutes, take it out of the syrup and drain. 

:- Serve hot.