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%Bengali Chanar Jilapi Recipe Debjanir Rannaghar

Chanar Jilapi

Chanar Jilapi, also known as Paneer Jalebi, is a classic Bengali sweet made with fresh cottage cheese, or chana.
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Course: Sweet
Cuisine: Bengali
Keyword: chanar jilapi recipe, chanar jilipi recipe, chenna jalebi recipe, Debjanir Rannaghar, paneer jalebi recipe, paneer jilapi recipe
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings: 15 Chanar Jilapi
Calories: 273kcal
Cost: Rs 200

Ingredients

For Jilapi

  • 2 Liter Full Cream Milk
  • 3 tablespoon Lemon Juice
  • 3 tablespoon Milk Powder
  • 4 tablespoon Milk
  • 3 tablespoon Semolina
  • 2 tablespoon All Purpose Flour
  • ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Green Cardamom Powder
  • 10 strands Kesar / Saffron
  • 200 ml Refined Vegetable Oil for deep frying
  • 1 tablespoon Ghee/ Clarified Butter

For Sugar Syrup

  • 200 g Sugar
  • 2 Cup Water
  • 6 Whole Green Cardamom
  • 10 strands Kesar/ Saffron

Instructions

  • % step by step How to make Chanar Jilapi
  • Take 2 liters of milk in a deep vessel.
  • Boil the milk on a medium flame for around 15-20 minutes until the milk reduces to ⅓.
  • In a small bowl, take lemon juice along with ½ Cup water and mix.
  • Reduce the flame Start adding lemon water to the milk and mix with a ladle.
  • After sometimes the milk will curdle, and green-colored water will be seen along with the curdled milk.
  • Switch off the flame and strain the Chana using a strainer.
  • Now take a Muslin cloth and place the entire Chana over the cloth and tie a knot with the opposite edges of the cloth.
  • Place the Chana covered with a cloth on a flat surface and place some weight over the Chana for around 30 minutes to separate water from the Chana.
  • Take 4 tablespoon of Warm milk in a bowl and add Semolina and mix them properly.
  • Now take the Chana on a plate and start kneading with your hand to make a smooth lump-free paste.
  • Then add Cardamom Powder, Saffron Strands, Milk- Semolina mixture, All Purpose Flour, and Baking Powder to the Chana and start kneading again till your hands feel oily while touching.
  • Divide the mixture into 15 Ping-Pong ball-sized portions.
  • Now take one Chana ball and using your hand start rolling the ball into a 5-6 inch long Cylindrical thread of equal dimension.
  • Now make a knot by twisting both the edge of the thread. If you found any crack while making the knot then just softly press that portion to cover the crack.
  • Following the same process, prepare the rest of the Jilapis.
  • We need a sugar syrup of consistency between 1 and 2 strings.
  • To prepare the syrup, take Sugar along with Water, Whole Green Cardamom, and Saffron strands in a deep vessel.
  • Boil it on a medium flame for around 8-10 minutes.
  • When the syrup is almost done, start heating the mixture of Oil and Ghee in a Pan on medium flame.
  • Start frying Jilapies on medium flame till they turn deep reddish brown.
  • Transfer fried Jilapies immediately to the Sugar syrup and keep them soaked in Sugar syrup for around 2 hours.
  • Chanar Jilapies can be served after two hours of soaking in sugar syrup. I prefer to serve Hot Jilapies instead of refrigerated ones.

Notes

  • Adding Semolina is a must for making soft Chanar Jilapi.
  • Don’t fry Chanar Jilapi on a high flame.
  • Don’t over-fry the Jilapies.

Nutrition

Serving: 50g | Calories: 273kcal | Carbohydrates: 26.7g | Protein: 7.6g | Fat: 15.7g | Saturated Fat: 1.8g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 110mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 24.1g
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