Jalebi

Ingredients:

2 cups all purpose flour
2 tbsp rice flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup plain yogurt
2/3 cup warm water
oil for deep-frying

Sugar Coating Syrup:

1 cup sugar
1/3 cup water
1 tbsp milk

Method:

Batter:

In a bowl, sieve flours and baking powder; set aside.

Add half of water to yogurt; beat well to incorporate.

Add yogurt solution to the flours mixture, gradually add-in the remaining water, whisk well till smooth batter; leave overnight to ferment.

Sugar Coating Syrup:

Dissolve sugar in boiling water.

Add-in milk, boil for about 15 minutes or till achieves one thread consistency (when single thread is formed and does not break when your forefinger and thumb are pulled apart gently).

Keep the syrup warm.

To Make the Jalebis:

Heat enough oil in wok.

Fill batter into an empty ketchup dispenser (or any plastic bottle with a small hole on lid).

Press batter out from bottle, circularly drop the pouring consistency batter into hot oil.

Fry jalebi till both sides are golden yellow.

Remove jalebi from oil and place on paper napkin to adsorb excess oil for about 1 minute.

Immerse jalebi into warm sugar syrup, set aside to soak for about 5 minutes.

Lift jalebi from the syrup and serve hot.