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Jalebi

Jalebi from Mumbai, India
Origin
Alternate name(s) Jilebi, Jilapi, zoolbiah (Middle east), jeri (Nepal)
Place of origin Middle East and North Africa
Region or state South Asia
Dish details
Course served Dessert
Main ingredient(s) Maida flour, saffron, ghee, sugar
Variations Jaangiri or Imarti
Jalebis as served in Sout Asia

Jalebi or zalebi (Urdu: جلیبی, Hindi: जलेबी, Punjabi: ਜਲੇਬੀ jalebī; Bengali: জিলাপী jilapi; Persian: زولبیا zoolbiah) is a South Asian fried sweet. It is made by deep-frying batter in a kind of pretzel shape then soaked in syrup. Zlebia is a Middle Eastern and North African sweet introduced during Muslim rule of South Asia and its local name is Jalebi as Z is replaced by J in most Indian languages.

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Description

Jalebis are bright orange or yellow in colour, but are also available in white.

It is served warm or cold. It has a somewhat chewy texture with a crystallized sugary exterior coating. The sugars get partly fermented which adds flavor to the dish.

A similar sweet is imarti, which is red-orange in color and sweeter in taste, made in Uttar Pradesh, India. Jalebis in Orissa are also sometimes made of chhena.

In India it is served as the Celebration Sweet of India especially during the national holidays like Independence Day and Republic Day in the government offices, defence and other organisations. Similarly, Jalebi is one of the most popular sweets in Pakistan. Jalebi is also sometimes spelt as "Jalibi".[1]

Jalebi history is around 700 year old.

Geographic distribution

The Persian word for Jalebi is "zoolbiah." In Egypt, Lebanon and Syria it is known as "zalabia" (sometimes spelt as "zalabiya").[2] In the Maldives it is known by the name "zilēbi". This sweet is called "jeri" in Nepal, a word derived from jangiri, and the Mogul Emperor Jahangir.[3]

In Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia this sweet is known as Zlebia or Zlabia.

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