Small Jalebi

I love sweets. India is one country which has thousands of varieties of sweets. We have some special sweet for every occasion. I can eat them at any time of the day or I can say I eat sweets all the time. I have been trying to make different varieties and here comes one of my experiments. Well it is very very sweet.. and of course delicious! This recipe is for all the sweet lovers.

Ingredients:

Flour - 1 cup 

Corn Flour - 2 or 3 tbsp

Yogurt   - 1/2 cup

Baking powder - 1/2 tsp 

Orange food color - pinch 

Oil/ Ghee - to deep fry

Sugar - 2 cups 

Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp 

Procedure:

1. Add flour, corn flour, baking powder in a bowl and mix. Add yogurt and mix well. 
2. Dissolve food color in about 1 tbsp water and add it to the above. At this point add enough water to the mixture to get a thick and smooth batter. 
3. Let this batter ferment over night. Then take this batter in to a piping bag and keep it aside.
4. Add sugar, cardamom powder and sugar in a pan and heat till we get a string consistency. (roughly for about 10 to 15 minutes)
5. In a separate pan add 1" layer of oil. 
6. Reduce the heat to low and at this point. Pipe the batter (from step 2) in circles as shown in the picture. Make sure to cross the circle to hold the shape. 
7. Turn the Jalebis when they are firm and fry them till they are golden brown. 
8. Remove from the oil and soak them in moderately warm sugar syrup (from step 3) for about 2 or 3 mins. 

Serve hot!!

Note: Crispiness of the Jalebis depend on the Cornflour. The more cornflour you add, the more crispier they become.