Thursday, September 27, 2012

What is Imarti \ Emarti and Jalebi ...

What is Imarti \ Emarti and Jalebi ...

Imarti (Emarti or Jaangiri) ( Hindi: इमरती Imarti) is a dessert from Rajasthan made by deep-frying urad flour batter in a kind of pretzel or circular shape, then soaked in sugar syrup. Imarti was considered one of the items of Raj Bhog (Royal Food Menu). Popularity of this sweet dish increased in other parts of India as Mughals expanded there.
In North India it is often consumed with rabri (condensed milk).
In South India, this sweet is 

served after a meal and also popular at weddings and festivals in Pakistan. In particular, Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh is famous for its imarti.
Imarti is made from a variety of urad flour, or a batter of this dal.
So Urad dal is soaked in water for few hours, and stone-ground into a fine batter.
Jalebi is a sweet popular in India. It is made by deep-frying a wheat-flour or maida batter in pretzel or circular shapes, which are then soaked in sugar syrup.

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