Jalebi - Good Food Middle East

Ingredients

• 1 litre vegetable oil, for deep-frying
• flaked almonds or finely chopped pistachios, to serve
• 200g caster sugar
• small pinch of saffron
• 1⁄4 tsp green cardamom powder, or use regular ground cardamom
• 1 tsp lemon juice
• 125g plain flour
• 2 tbsp cornflour
• 1⁄2 tsp lemon juice
• 2 tsp natural yogurt
• 1⁄2 tsp turmeric, or a few drops of natural yellow food colouring
• 1 tbsp ghee
• 1⁄4 tsp baking powder
• 1⁄4 tsp bicarbonate of soda