Imarti

Name: Imarti
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup urad dal; 2 tbsp corn flour; 1/4 tsp yellow food colour; 3 cups sugar; pinch Saffron strands; 1/4 tsp cardamom powder; As needed Ghee for deep frying

Krishna N Sahu @cook_26072115

Raipur (C.G.)

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Krishna N Sahu @cook_26072115

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Ingredients

60mins

2 servings

For the Imarti batter
1 cupurad dal
2 tbspcorn flour
1/4 tspyellow food colour
For the sugar syrup
3 cupssugar
pinchSaffron strands
1/4 tspcardamom powder
As neededGhee for deep frying

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Steps

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For the Imarti batter
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Soak the urad dal in enough water for 3 hours.Drain well.
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Combine the urad dal, cornflour, yellow food colour and 3/4 cup water in a mixer and blend till smooth.
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Fill little Imarti batter into a piping bag with a single nozzle or a thick cloth with a small hole in the centre.
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Heat the ghee in broad non-stick pan.pipe out the batter to drop a continuous pattern of a flower having a round centre and 7 round petals into the hot ghee and cook on a slow flame till both sides turn golden brown in colour and crisp.You can deep fry 4 at a time.
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Transfer them directly into the prepared warm sugar syrup,press them once lightly and remove and serve immediately.
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For the sugar syrup-
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Combine the sugar and 1 cup of water in a deep non-stick pan,mix well and cook on a medium flame for 7 minutes, while stirring occasionally.
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Switch off the flame,add the saffron strands and cardamom powder and mix well.Keep aside.