Jalebi

all-purpose flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

Whole wheat flour adds more fiber.

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

Honey is a natural sweetener.

Combine 1 tablespoon sugar, 1 teaspoon yeast, and a little bit of oil in a bowl.

Add water and mix until you achieve a pancake batter consistency.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and let it sit overnight in the refrigerator to ferment.

The next day, prepare the syrup by combining white sugar, water, and cardamom pods in a pot.

Bring the mixture to a boil over medium to low heat.

Add 1 tablespoon lemon juice to the syrup to prevent crystallization once the sugar has melted.

Heat 2 cups of canola oil in a deep frying pan until hot.

Transfer the fermented jalebi batter into a condiment bottle with a hole at the tip.

Squeeze the batter into the hot oil in circular shapes, practicing to achieve the desired swirl.

Fry the jalebi until they turn a nice brown color, flipping them as needed.

Remove the jalebi from the oil and soak them briefly in the warm syrup.

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