Banarasi Rabri Jalebi

Banarasi Rabri Jalebi

Banarasi Rabri Jalebi

Veg

The quintessential Banarasi pairing — hot crispy jalebi served with a generous ladle of cold, thick rabri (slow-reduced milk). The contrast of temperatures and textures is the defining Banarasi sweet moment.

Cuisines

Banarasi

Best for

Breakfast Snacks

Recipe

Prep: 30 min Cook: 60 min Total: 90 min 2-3 servings

Ingredients

Flour 1 cup Flour
Yogurt 1 cup Yogurt
baking powder 1/2 teaspoon Baking powder
sugar 1 cup Sugar
water 1 cup Water
cardamom 1/4 teaspoon Cardamom , powder
Saffron 1/2 teaspoon Saffron , strands
Milk 1 liter Milk , full-fat

Instructions

  1. 1 In a bowl, mix all-purpose flour, yogurt, and baking powder to form a smooth batter. Let it ferment for 6-8 hours.
  2. 2 In a pan, boil sugar and water to make a one-string consistency syrup. Add cardamom powder and saffron strands. Keep warm.
  3. 3 In a heavy-bottomed pan, boil milk and reduce it to half its original volume, stirring frequently. Add sugar and rose water. Simmer until thickened to make rabri.
  4. 4 Heat ghee in a pan. Pour the batter into a piping bag with a small nozzle.
  5. 5 Pipe the batter into the hot ghee in circular motions to form jalebis. Fry until golden and crisp.
  6. 6 Soak the fried jalebis in warm sugar syrup for a few minutes, then remove.
  7. 7 Serve the jalebis warm, topped with chilled rabri and garnished with pistachios.

Tips

Ensure the sugar syrup is warm, not hot, when soaking the jalebis to maintain their crispiness.