Imarti
Celebrations in India are incomplete without delicious sweets and lip-smacking snacks. So, with festive season around the corner, we thought of sharing a simple and quick Imarti recipe to add some sweetness to your festive spirit. Imarti is a traditional delight, which is pretty similar to jalebi, but the shape as well as the taste of this delicacy, makes it unique. If you are a sweet lover, then this North Indian sweet delight will add on to your festive experience with its delectable taste. Prepared with urad dal, cornflour, saffron and edible food colour, this drool-worthy Imarti recipe makes for the perfect after meal delight. To accentuate the taste of this sweet, you can prepare the delicacy in ghee, this will accentuate the taste as well as the aroma. This super-delicious, sweet recipe makes for a perfect sweet delight for festivals.
Ingredients
2 cups urad dal
3 cups sugar
300 ml. water
saffron colour
1/2 tsp. cardomom ground
500 gms. ghee to fry
Method
- Soak urad dal overnight in plenty of water.
- Wash and drain. Grind to fine thick batter. Put water little by little.
- Add colour and mix very well.
- If using a mixie, beat the dal well by hand till fluffy after grinding.
- Keep aside for 3 hours. More is weather is cold.
- Make 1 tar sugar syrup as shown in introduction.
- Add cardomom powder to syrup.
- Using either an imarti bottle (with nozzle) or cloth as shown in note, form imartis in the hot ghee. Lower flame and allow to crisp turning once.
- Remove from ghee, drain and dip in hot syrup.
- Soak for 3-4 minutes, drain and serve.
- Repeat for remaining batter.
- Make 4-5 imartis at a time, depending on size of frying pan.
Note:
Use a flat bottomed frying pan.
The imarti bottle can be substituted with a soft plastic sauce bottle with a nozzle.
If not available, take a 12x 12 thick cloth, make a buttonhole type hole in centre.
Place over a tumbler and pour in some batter.
Hold like a pouch and press out imartis like icing.
Shape the imartis as follows, make a ring first, then form small ringlets all along the ring.
Till you come to the start.
Making time: 1 hour (excluding soaking and keeping time)
Makes: 20 imartis
Shelflife: (1) Keep unsoaked in syrup for a day. (2) Soak in syrup as required.