Name: Chhanar jilipi or paneer jalebi recipe by Sujata Roy at BetterButter
Prep time: 70 min
Cook time: 180 min
Total time: 250 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: milk 4 cup; Curd 4 - 5 tablespoon; Refined flour or maida 2 tablespoon; Semolina or suji 2 tablespoon; Milk 3 tablespoon; Milk powder - 2 tablespoon; Cardamom powder 1 & 1/2 teaspoon; Saffron or kesar few strands; sugar 1 cup; Water 1/2 cup; Oil or ghee/clarified butter for deep frying; Chopped pistachio to garnish

Ingredients Serving: 8

milk 4 cup
Curd 4 - 5 tablespoon
Refined flour or maida 2 tablespoon
Semolina or suji 2 tablespoon
Milk 3 tablespoon
Milk powder - 2 tablespoon
Cardamom powder 1 & 1/2 teaspoon
Saffron or kesar few strands
sugar 1 cup
Water 1/2 cup
Oil or ghee/clarified butter for deep frying
Chopped pistachio to garnish

Instructions

Heat milk in a heavy bottom pan.
When it starts to rolling boil add 4 tablespoon curd. Stir the milk. It will curdle. If require add 1 tablespoon curd more.
When the greenish whey or water and paneer separated, strain the paneer or cottage cheese with a maslin cloth. Hang for an hour.
When the water strain out completely take out the paneer on a plate.
Soak 2 tablespoon suji or semolina and few strands of saffron in 3 tablespoon warm milk.
For sugar syrup mix sugar, water, 1 teaspoon cardamom powder and few strands of saffron in a pan and boil on low flame for 5 - 8 minutes or until the syrup becomes 1 string consistency.
Knead the paneer and make a lump free dough.
Add milk powder, baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder, maida or refined flour and soaked suji or semolina and saffron.
Knead again till it becomes a smooth dough.
Make 15 - 16 balls or 18 small balls.
Take a ball and make a long rope. Now wind it like a coil. Make all the balls like this.
Heat sufficient oil or ghee in a pan.
Fry all the jalebi on medium heat.
Dip them in the sugar syrup immediately.
Soak them in sugar syrup for 2 hours.
After 2 hours boil it again and let it soak for 1 hour more.
Garnish with chopped pistachio.
Serve hot or cold.

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