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Bengali Chanar Jalebi

Paneer Jalebi / Chanar Jalebi Recipe:

Paneer Jalebi or chanar Jalebi is a tempting dessert from Bengal. Actually this is the challenge by our fellow blogger Chandrani of Cuisine Delights in SNC event organised by Divya. Actually this is the event, where one member from north team challenge the south team and vice versa. This time, Chandrani, from north team challenged with this awesome Bengali sweet Chhenar Jalebi. Thanks you for challenging us with the yummy and famous sweet.

Paneer Jalebi

How to make Paneer Jalebi/Bengali Chanar Jalebi

Preparation time: 50 min | Cook Time: 30 min | Serves:4
Recipe Category: Dessert | Recipe Cuisine: North Indian

Ingredients

  • Paneer – 1 cup
  • All purpose flour – 3 tsp
  • Milk – 2 tsp
  • Sugar – 1.5 cups
  • Water – 2 cups
  • Cardamom – few crushed
  • Saffron – few strands
  • Oil – for frying
  • Nuts – cashews, almonds or pistas for garnishing

Paneer Jilebi

Method

Preparation of Paneer

Check here to know how to prepare the paneer.

1. Mix the all purpose flour with paneer and knead to make a smooth dough. If you need add little milk.

2. Take small portion of the dough and roll into rope like thing. Then make it into spiral shaped or Jalebi shaped n keep aside.
3. Now in a vessel heat the oil with medium flame. When the oil gets heated, meanwhile prepare the sugar syrup by adding water and sugar in another separate vessel. If you need add some cardamoms and saffron strands. When sugar gets dissolved and switch off when you get the single string consistency for the sugar syrup.
4. Now in the hot oil add the spiral shaped paneer slowly one by one.

5. When they turn to golden brown colour remove from oil and add it to the hot sugar syrup.
6. Do the same for the rest of the jalebi and allow the Jalebi, to soak in sugar syrup for 1 to 2 hours atleast.

7. Serve it with some chopped nuts and sugar syrup.

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  19. easyfoodsmith says

    Jalebis are lapped up by my family and the chhena one is my hubby's all time favourite. But the deep frying forces him to keep off it. thanks for sharing the recipe. will surely surprise my hubby one day 😉

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  25. Sona - quick picks/pick quicks says

    drooling right now!! so tempting sweets … lovely dear. and hey ! feel free to drop by my space too when you get the time. just posted on some handy parenting tips to "sane motherhood" on my "pick quicks" blog. Hope you will be a follower there as well. lets stay connected, beyond the kitchen.

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  33. ~~louise~~ says

    This dish would be a real challenge for me, Akila but oh my goodness, I would be so willing to give it a whirl:) I'm saving this link just in case I ever muster up the courage:)

    Thank you so much for sharing…

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