Indian Cooking Recipe : Instant Jalebis Ingredients : For the batter : 1 teacup self-raising flour a pinch baking powder ½ teacup fresh curds ghee for deep frying For the syrup : 1 teacup sugar ½ tsp saffron 2 tsp rose water For garnishing : ½ tsp cardamom powder 1 tbsp blanched and sliced pistachios rose petals (optional) Method : Sieve the flour with the baking powder. Put ½ teacup of water to the curds and beat well. Melt the sugar in 1 teacup of water and boil for 5 minutes. Warm the saffron in a small vessel, put a little milk and rub until the saffron dissolves. Add to the syrup. Put the rose water. The syrup should be of 1 thread consistency. Keep the syrup warm. How to proceed : Heat the ghee in a non-stick frying pan. Select a plastic bottle with a small hole in the lid and fill with the batter. Press the batter out from the bottle into the hot ghee in the form of a jalebi. Fry on both sides. Take out and wait for 1 minute. Drop the fried jalebis into the hot syrup. Keep for 2 minutes and then remove. Sprinkle with cardamom powder, pistachios and rose petals. Ready to serve hot.