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Chhanar Jilipi
🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Chhanar Jilipi

🇮🇳 Indian

A jalebi crossed with Bengal's chhena tradition — khoya-rich spirals fried in fat coils and dunked in jaggery syrup. The softest jilipi you will ever meet, and the proudest sweet shop window in North Kolkata.

Prep 35 min Cook 25 min Serves 6 Medium

Ingredients

  • Ghee1 tsp
  • All-Purpose Flour1/2 cup
  • Peanut Oilfor deep frying
  • Jaggery1 cup, for syrup
  • Green Cardamom4, powdered
  • Khoa (Mawa)1 cup, crumbled

Instructions

  1. 1

    Knead khoya with flour into a thick, pipeable batter.

  2. 2

    Rest 30 minutes.

  3. 3

    Pipe or hand-roll into jilipi spirals.

  4. 4

    Fry on medium till deep gold, flipping once.

  5. 5

    Soak in warm jaggery syrup 20 minutes; serve warm.

Chef's tip

Hand-roll spirals if you have no piping bag — uneven coils are charming here, not a flaw.

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Watch how it's made

Video: ছানার জিলিপি|একদম দোকানের মতন নরম তুলতুলে রসাল ছানার জিলিপি বাড়িতে বানানোর সহজ পদ্ধতি|Chanar jilipi · on YouTube