Jangiri / Jalebi / Imarti

                    Jangiri/Jalebi is a popular North Indian sweet snack made from urad dal. It is also known as Imarti. This is one of a snack made during festive seasons especially during Diwali time. Urad dal is soaked in water and grind to a smooth paste.They are piped into hot oil/ ghee and fried till crispy and transferred to a hot sugar syrup which is mildly flavored with any rose essence/ saffron / cardamom powder

Ingredients

For jangiri

1. Urad dal - 1/2 cup
2. Water - about - 1/4 cu[
3. Salt - 1 pinch
4. Orange red food color -  2 drops
5. Oil/ ghee - for deep frying

For sugar syrup

1. Sugar - 1.5 cup
2. Water - 2 cup
3. Lemon juice - 1 tbsp
4. Saffron/Cardamom powder/ rose essence - 1 pinch/ 1 tsp
5. Orange red food color - 1 drop

Method

1. Clean and wash urad dal well.
2. Soak urad dal  in water for 3-4 hrs.
3. Drain and  transfer to a wet grinder .
4. Add water little by little and grind to a smooth thick paste,
5. Transfer to a bowl and add salt and red color.
6. Transfer the paste to a piping bag and make a small hole at the tip.
7. In another pan make sugar syrup by adding sugar to water.
8. When it gets completely melted add lemon juice, red food color and any flavoring agent of your choice and keep it warm.
9. In a wide bottomed pan add oil / ghee for frying.
10. Heat on medium flame.
11. Draw 2-3 medium  circles with the batter from piping bag and draw  small spirals on top it.
12. Fry till both sides are cooked and crispy but still remain in orange color (should not be browned)
13. Transfer the fried jangiris to sugar syrup and soak for about 1-2 mins till sugar syrup is well coated in the jangiris.
14. Transfer to a plate and serve after 1 hr.

Notes

• You can also add 1 tbsp rice flour if you wish jangiris to be little crispy.
• You can fry  jangiris in oil/ ghee/ a mixture of both.
• Practice drawing the jangiri on a plate before directly drawing on oil for better results.
• Use a fluffier batter to get jangiris which will soak sugar syrup well.for this gring the urad dal really well and when u put a drop in a galss of water it should float.
• Make very small hole on the piping bag tip and then increase the size if needed.