Ricotta Cheese Zulbia/Jalebi/Jilapi

Ricotta Cheese Zulbia/Jalebi/Jilapi~

Soft, melt in the mouth Bangladeshi pastries (zulbia/jalebi/jilapi) made of homemade fresh ricotta cheese. This is Bangladeshi style of zulbia/jalebi/jilapi. It’s super tasty and very easy to make. This is could be good addition to all those dessert recipes for upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.

Ingredients of ricotta cheese zulbia/jalebi/jilapi:

• 2 cup of ricotta cheese,
• ¼ cup of semolina,
• 2 teaspoons of baking powder,
• 2 cups of sugar,
• 3 cups of water,
• 2 pieces of cardamom,
• clarified butter-soya bean oil for frying,
• saffron according to need.

Instructions of ricotta cheese zulbia/jalebi/jilapi:

1. At first boil the sugar with the water to make the sugar syrup, if you want then you can add saffron in the syrup.
2. Then mix the ricotta cheese with the semolina & baking powder together very
3. well, to make the smooth dough and keep it for 10-15 minutes with cover.
4. Now take it out and make the long dough to make the jilapy like this photo and deep fry it over low heat until it is red color.
5. Then take it out, soak it on the sugar syrup for 3-4 hours with the cover, and take it out place on the serving dish.
6. Lastly, serve the jilapy and enjoy :) :)