Diwali is an inch away and we just can't keep our excitement on hold. The thought of buying new clothes, getting dressed up, and gorging on delicious food, just fills up our hearts with joy. This year, Diwali will be celebrated on October 24. The festivities begin from Dhanteras and conclude with Bhai Dooj. From get-togethers with friends and family to mouth-watering delicacies, the festival is all things fun. As they say, any festival is incomplete without sweets. Be it laddoos or rasmali, desserts have the power to set the mood right. And, now tell us is there anything better than a popular chef's recipe to try at home? While you can cook up your favourite savoury delicacies, for sweets, we have chef Pankaj Bhadouria and her recipe for Imarti. No, it won't be a hectic task. Don't believe us, take a quick glance at the steps.
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Sharing the recipe for yummy Imartis, the chef wrote, “You would never have thought making Imarti at home could be so easy.”
Imarti Recipe
Ingredients:
Urad daal – 2 cups
Orange food colour
Ghee - 2 cups
Sugar - 2 cups
Water - 2 cups
Method:
Step 1: Soak urad daal for 3-4 hours. Now, grind it and prepare a fine paste of the same. Whisk well so that the batter becomes light.
P.S: Test the consistency of your batter by dropping a drop of it in the water. If the daal batter is pitch-perfect, it will float on the water.
Step 2: Add one pinch of orange food colour to the batter.
Step 3: Fill the batter in the piping bag
Step 4: Place a flat pan on the stove, and add 2 cups of ghee.
Step 5: When the ghee becomes medium hot, pipe out the imartis in it. Make sure you cook it well on both sides.
Step 6: The next step is to prepare chashni or sugar syrup. Add water and sugar, in a pan and boil it for 6-7 minutes.
Step 7: When you have syrup of 1 string consistency, add a pinch of orange food colour.
Step 8: Submerge imartis into medium hot sugar syrup for 3-4 mins. Voila! It's ready.
Step 9: Serve it hot!