
Meerut Ki Jalebi
Thick crispy jalebis from Meerut sweet shops. Eaten with rabri for breakfast.
Time 25 min · Serves 4 · 933 kcal · Meerut, Uttar Pradesh
Ingredients
Garnish
- Cardamom — 2 piece (ground)
Main
- sugar — 0.5 cup (whole)
- All-purpose Flour — 200 g
- Saffron — 100 g
- salt (optional) (whole)
- Curd — 120 g
Tempering
Method
- Whisk maida with curd and enough water into a smooth, thick, free-flowing batter (idli-batter consistency).
- Cover and ferment the batter in a warm spot for 12 to 24 hours until mildly sour and slightly aerated.
- Make a one-string sugar syrup with sugar, water, saffron and cardamom; keep it warm.
- Fill the batter into a cloth/squeeze bottle and pipe tight spirals into hot oil; deep-fry until crisp and golden on both sides.
- Soak the hot fried jalebis in the warm syrup for a few seconds, lift out, and serve crisp (Meerut-style, with rabri).
Common questions
- Meerut Ki Jalebi ko English mein kya kehte hain?
- मेरठ की जलेबी ko English mein Meerut Ki Jalebi likhte hain.
- Ek plate Meerut Ki Jalebi mein kitni calories hoti hain?
- 933 kcal per plate.
- Kitna time lagta hai?
- 25 min lagta hai — 15 min taiyari, 10 min pakana.
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