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Sonepur Jalebi

Hot crispy jalebis sold at Asia largest cattle fair — Sonepur Mela. Extra-large spirals fried in pure ghee.

Time 38 min · Serves 4 · 604 kcal · Chhapra, Bihar

Ingredients

Garnish

Main

Tempering

Method

  1. Mix maida with a pinch of salt and enough water into a thick batter for extra-large spirals; cover and let it ferment at room temperature for 24-36 hours until slightly sour and bubbly.
  2. Whisk the fermented batter well just before frying.
  3. Make the sugar syrup by dissolving sugar in water with crushed cardamom, simmering until it reaches one-string consistency; keep it warm.
  4. Heat pure ghee, with a touch of mustard oil as sold at the Sonepur Mela stalls, in a large wide pan on medium flame.
  5. Pipe the thick batter into the hot ghee in large, wide overlapping spirals to form the extra-large mela-style jalebi.
  6. Fry until deep golden and crisp on both sides, turning once.
  7. Lift straight from the ghee and dip immediately into the warm sugar syrup for about a minute; serve piping hot.

Common questions

Sonepur Jalebi ko English mein kya kehte hain?
सोनपुर जलेबी ko English mein Sonepur Jalebi likhte hain.
Ek plate Sonepur Jalebi mein kitni calories hoti hain?
604 kcal per plate.
Kitna time lagta hai?
38 min lagta hai — 20 min taiyari, 18 min pakana.

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