New Delhi. Lata Mangeshkar ji, who is called the Swar Nightingale of India, may not be with us today, but today the whole country is remembering her on her 90th birth anniversary. Lata Mangeshkar, also known as Mallika of Suro, was born on 28 September 1929 in Indore. Lata didi was very fond of food. In that too he was very fond of eating sweets. Even in sweets, he loved jalebi made of saffron. Your mouth watered as soon as you heard the saffron jalebi, didn’t it? On the occasion of his birthday, let us tell you how saffron jalebis are made. You can also try this recipe at home. All purpose flour and gram flour are used to make this jalebi.
Ingredients for making Kesar Jalebi
If you want to make jalebi for two people, then you should take half a kilo of flour. After this 3/4 kg of sugar will be required. Along with this, we have to take 100 grams of gram flour and 150 grams of curd also. Saffron threads will need a quarter teaspoon. Along with this, 2 tbsp pistachios and desi ghee will be needed for frying.
How to make Kesar Jalebi
First of all, take a bowl, add gram flour and refined flour and mix it well. After this, add curd to it and make a good solution of all three. Take the help of water to make this batter but you have to keep this solution thick. Leave this solution in a warm place for 10-12 hours, so that the solution can be fermented so that the jalebi gets taste because the more the yeast rises, the more delicious the jalebi will become. After this, now take water in a pan to make sugar syrup and also add sugar and saffron to it and take off this solution without making wires. After this, heat the ghee, then pour the solution in a cloth for making jalebi and filter the jalebi by making rounds in the ghee, when it starts giving brown color, then take it out and put it in that syrup, take it, your saffron jalebi is ready. .