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Paneer Jalebi Recipe Video

Paneer Jalebi | Indian Sweets | Video

There’s nothing like sweet, melt in your mouth, piping hot jalebis soaked in saffron and cardamom flavored sugar syrup. Made with paneer or Indian cottage cheese,
these are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. Always a favorite!
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Course: Sweets
Cuisine: Indian
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
Author :Nish Kitchen
Servings 25 jalebis

Ingredients

Paneer jalebi:

  • 2 cups crumbled paneer Indian cottage cheese – Homemade or store bought
  • 3 tablespoons all purpose flour plain flour
  • 2 tablespoons corn flour
  • ⅛ teaspoon baking powder
  • ½ cup milk
  • A few drops of orange color optional
  • Oil for deep frying

Sugar syrup:

  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 cardamom pods crushed
  • 3 saffron strands

To decorate: (optional)

  • Saffron strands
  • Chopped nuts, pistachios, almonds, peanuts
  • Dried rose petals

Instructions

  • Place crumbled paneer in a food processor. Process to a smooth paste. Transfer the paneer paste to a large bowl.
  • Add all purpose (plain flour, corn flour and baking powder. Add milk little by little and mix to achieve the right consistency.
  • Combine all the ingredients to make a smooth batter that can be easily piped into hot oil.
  • Transfer mixture to a 16-inch piping bag fitted with a ½-inch star nozzle or 1M nozzle (for cute rosettes in the pictures). Set aside.
  • Place 2 saucepans on the stovetop – one for frying jalebis and one for sugar syrup.
  • Heat 2 inches oil in the saucepan over medium-high heat to 180 C or 360 F. While oil is heating, prepare sugar syrup in the other saucepan.
  • To make sugar syrup, place sugar and water in the saucepan over high heat. Stir to dissolve sugar. Add cardamom pods and saffron. Once sugar has dissolved, simmer the syrup over medium-high heat for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes, reduce the heat to low, and keep the syrup warm.
  • Once the oil for deep frying is hot, carefully pipe mixture into the oil in swirls, and cut the ends with clean scissors or knife.
  • Let it fry until crisp on the outside, 2-3 minutes per side. Transfer to the warm sugar syrup and roll to coat.
  • Repeat with the remaining paneer mixture (without overcrowding the pan). Soak all the jalebis in sugar syrup.
  • Decorate with saffron strands, chopped nuts and rose petals if you like.
  • Serve with rabri if you like.

Make this in oven:

  • Preheat oven to 200C / 400F. Pipe jalebis on lined baking trays. Leave 2-3 cm between each jalebi. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Soak in sugar syrup.

Make this in air fryer:

  • Preheat air fryer to 180C / 360 F. Pipe jalebis onto baking sheet. Place in air fryer basket and air fry for 13-14 minutes. Soak in sugar syrup.

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Notes

  1. Use your fingers to crumble the paneer block into crumbs
  2. Add more or less milk to get the right consistency
  3. The consistency of the paneer mixture is key in this recipe. If too thin, add more flour to thicken it.
  4. The hot jalebis should be soaked in warm sugar syrup so make sure you have the sugar syrup ready for the piping hot jalebis coming out of oil
  5. Frying over low heat will make the jalebis oily and soft while high heat may create burned jalebis.
  6. Deep frying is the best way to make these jalebis, however baking and air frying gives you the healthier version

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 176kcal | Carbohydrates: 21g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 15mg | Sodium: 171mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 19g