The canonical version and where to order it.
Spirals of fermented batter fried crisp in ghee and soaked in sugar syrup, eaten hot in Chandni Chowk, sometimes with rabri or a glass of milk.
Jalebi is fried and sold across South Asia, from breakfast stalls in Delhi to Nepal, where it is called jerry, a name linked to the Mughal emperor Jahangir. The batter is fermented before frying, which gives the crisp spirals a faint sourness against the sugar syrup. In Chandni Chowk it is fried to order at dedicated counters and handed over hot, straight from the syrup.
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Old Famous Jalebi Wala has fried jalebi in desi ghee at the Dariba corner of Chandni Chowk in Old Delhi since 1884, sold hot by weight with rabri or samosa.
OrderA hot plate of jalebi straight off the kadhai.
TipBuy by weight and eat standing at the counter; the jalebi cools fast.
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