Chhana'r Jilapi or Chhena (Paneer) Jalebis

Name: Chhana'r Jilapi or Chhena (Paneer) Jalebis
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: 7-8 people
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For the Jalebi:; 1 L Full Cream Milk: Need to procure the Chhena; 200 gms Freshly made Paneer/Chhena; 2 tbsps Maida/All-purpose flour; 1/8 tsp Salt: Optional; 1/8 tsp Baking Powder; 1-2 tbsps Cornflour; 1-2 tbsps Rice Flour: Optional- I’ve not used it; 1-2 tbsps Milk Powder; 1 tsp Cardamom Powder: To be used in Batches; 2-3 Drops Rose Water (Edible): Optional; 2-3 drops Orange/Saffron Colour: Optional; 1 tsp Caster Sugar; 1 Cup Water; 1 Cup Sugar; A few Saffron Strands; 250 gms Cooking Oil or Ghee or the Admixture of both; 1/2 tsp Cardamom Powder; 2-3 Drops Rose Essence: Optional; 1/2-1 tsp Fresh Lemon Juice: To avoid any crystallisation; as required Garnish: Dry Fruits- Any (Finely Chopped); A few Saffron Strands; A few Rose Petals- Any, Fresh or Dried

Anamika Banerjee @LadyLazarrus_9663

Bangalore- INDIA

Another Bong delicacy amongst its various range of the sweets & deserts, now well acclaimed all along the globe though !!!

#boxweek8
#jalebi
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Another Bong delicacy amongst its various range of the sweets & deserts, now well acclaimed all along the globe though !!!

#boxweek8
#jalebi
#cooksnapchallenge

Anamika Banerjee @LadyLazarrus_9663

Bangalore- INDIA

Another Bong delicacy amongst its various range of the sweets & deserts, now well acclaimed all along the globe though !!!

#boxweek8
#jalebi
#cooksnapchallenge

Another Bong delicacy amongst its various range of the sweets & deserts, now well acclaimed all along the globe though !!!

#boxweek8
#jalebi
#cooksnapchallenge

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Ingredients

1 hour (prep to

7-8 people

For the Jalebi:
1 LFull Cream Milk: Need to procure the Chhena
200 gmsFreshly made Paneer/Chhena
2 tbspsMaida/All-purpose flour
1/8 tspSalt: Optional
1/8 tspBaking Powder
1-2 tbspsCornflour
1-2 tbspsRice Flour: Optional- I’ve not used it
1-2 tbspsMilk Powder
1 tspCardamom Powder: To be used in Batches
2-3 DropsRose Water (Edible): Optional
2-3 dropsOrange/Saffron Colour: Optional
1 tspCaster Sugar
For the Sugar Syrup:
1 CupWater
1 CupSugar
A fewSaffron Strands
250 gmsCooking Oil or Ghee or the Admixture of both
1/2 tspCardamom Powder
2-3 DropsRose Essence: Optional
1/2-1 tspFresh Lemon Juice: To avoid any crystallisation
as required Garnish: Dry Fruits- Any (Finely Chopped)
A fewSaffron Strands
A fewRose Petals- Any, Fresh or Dried

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Steps

1 hour (prep to

1

First up: We need to procure the Chhena out of the Milk by curdling it...Refer to my earlier existing similar recipes on this....
2

Once we’ve gotten that- We need to mix the aforesaid measured ingredients to it while kneading the very dough for the Jalebis & knead it as shown in the pics, for at least 8-10 mins time until it forms an absolutely smooth, supple & crack free dough
3

In the interim: Prepare the Sugar Syrup with the aforesaid measured ingredients & allow it to form nearly to one-string consistency- keep it warm & sitting on the low flame
4

Once the dough is prepared: Divide that into small lemon sized portions & give the shapes as shown in the pics, down below...quite a variety of shapes can be given to this & this is one ☝️ of that...
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Heat up a frying pan over the medium flame: Add in the measured oil for deep frying- Once heated up- The flame to be kept on the low-medium, all along
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Drop them, slowly & gently- One after the other...It’ll take a few seconds or a minute’s time to afloat & that’s how it should be... that’s the very indication of the correct temperature of the oil/ghee heated up
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Fry them in batches until dark golden brown and then, transfer it to a plate & almost immediately, drop them into the warm sugar syrup...Put the flame on the high for about a minute and then, reduce it to the low-medium for another 2 mins time- flip-flap them, a couple of times
8

Turn off the flame and cover it with the lid and let it be immersed and soaked in the hot sugar syrup for about 1-2 hours time...& in between once or twice gently flip it over very gently since, they’re absolutely soft, fragile & breakable at this time
9

Once it cools down on its own- You’ll notice it’s soaked the sugar syrup sufficiently & have bloated up & became puffy now- That’s what we’re looking out for, exactly...Cut a piece, you’ll see the soft & juicy & the tender chhena jalebi, filled in with the right amount of the sugar syrup inside it & it completely melts in the mouth
10

Garnish with some finely chopped dry fruits- mainly pistachios & almonds with a few saffron strands or rose petals & RELISH THE DELISH

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Anamika Banerjee @LadyLazarrus_9663

on May 30, 2021 17:37

Bangalore- INDIA

A hardcore Bong- that has a tremendous wanderlust in her blood as well as that much passion for cooking new ideas and recipes & also, camouflaging certain recipes across the globe-Of course, all that maintains its heritage and cultures in its looks and taste both yet caters to the day’s call/requirement to be health conscious but a great foodie that’s innate in her genes and tries to satiate the crowd- Be ANY, with all that 😊💁🏻‍♀️👍🏻