Jalebi
Jalebi is a dessert of Afghan and Northwest Indian cuisine . It is also common in the Middle East and the rest of the Indian subcontinent under changing names, often as Zulbia . These are deep-fried wheat flour rings that are soaked in sugar syrup .
History and etymology
The name jalebi is probably derived from the Arabic zalabiya or the Persian zulbiya . The words are sometimes referred to as alternative names for Lokma , but the name jalebi may be older: A recipe for the dessert is documented in the 10th century cookbook Kitab aṭ-Ṭabīḫ ( Book of Dishes ) by the author Ibn Sayyar al-Warraq, Lokma (under the Arabic name luqmat al-qāḍī ), on the other hand, only for the 13th century. For the Indian cultural area, Jalebi are proven for the 15th century. Jalebi are mentioned in the collection of stories A Thousand and One Nights .
In Afghanistan and India, someone is said to be “straightforward as a Jalebi” (Hindi: Woh to Jalebi Ki Tarahan Seedha Hai ) if they are unreliable or fickle. In the Indian gay scene, “Jalebi” is also a synonym for a gay man.
The song Afghan Jalebi by Indian music producer Pritam , dedicated to dessert, is featured in several versions on the soundtrack of the Bollywood film Phantom by director Kabir Khan . a. sung by the Pakistani musicians Asrar and Akhtar Chanal Zahri .
preparation
The dough consists of flour, baking powder, and yogurt. Coloring ingredients such as saffron or food coloring are often added. With a piping bag or a comparable tool, concentric circles are sprayed into hot oil and baked. The dough rings are then left for several minutes in a bath made from hot sugar syrup, to which flavoring or coloring ingredients such as cardamom , rose water , saffron, cinnamon or lemon juice can be added. Jalebi are served cold or warm. In Afghanistan they are used as an accompaniment to fish.
Similar desserts are the Imarti (whose dough is made from ground beans ) and the pretzel-shaped Chhena jalebi with a dough based on cream cheese , which are common in Indian cuisine .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Alan Davidson: The Oxford Companion to Food . 3. Edition. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2014, ISBN 978-0-19-967733-7 , pp. 424 .
- ↑ LiveHistoryIndia.com: Jalebi - Swirls of History. Retrieved July 3, 2019 .
- ↑ MapsofIndia.com: Are You Straight Like a Jalebi? Retrieved July 2, 2019 .
- ↑ Dawn.com: Straight as a jalebi. Retrieved July 2, 2019 .
- ↑ NYTimes.com: Store Review: Azaad Bazaar in Mumbai, India. Retrieved July 2, 2019 .
- ↑ TimesofIndia.com: Jalebi Recipe. Retrieved July 3, 2019 .
- ↑ SplendidTable.org: Jelebi. Retrieved July 3, 2019 .