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Amriti / Imarti / Jhangiri

Imarti
Alternative names	Amriti, Amitti, Jaangiri, Omriti
Course	Dessert
Place of origin	India
Region or state	Indian subcontinent
Main ingredients	black gram flour, saffron, ghee, sugar
Similar dishes	Jalebi, Chhena jalebi
[REDACTED] Media: Amriti / Imarti / Jhangiri

Imarti is an Indian sweet made by deep-frying a batter prepared with black gram flour in a circular, flower-like shape, and then soaking it in sugar syrup Alternative names for the Imarti include Amitti, Amriti, Emarti, Omritti, Jahangir and Jhangiri/Jaangiri. This dish is similar to the jalebi, which is thinner and sweeter than Imarti.

The Imarti is a popular Iftar food in Bangladesh, while in India, Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh is famous for its imartis.

Ingredients

Imartis are made from batter made using various varieties of black gram flour— called urad dal— in North India, while in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and other parts of the Indian subcontinent, jangiri parappu (jangiri black gram) is commonly used.

Saffron is added to the batter to give Imartis their bright orange colour.

Preparation

Black gram is soaked in water for a few hours, and then stone-ground into a fine batter. The batter is poured into ghee, though other oils are sometimes used. Like funnel cakes, the batter is poured into geometric patterns, although imartis are generally smaller than funnel cakes. There is often a small ring in the middle.

Before frying the batter, sugar syrup is prepared and is flavored with edible camphor, cloves, cardamom, kewra and saffron. The fried imartis is then dipped in sugar syrup until they expand in size, having soaked up a significant amount of the syrup. In Northern India, imartis are drained, and thus tend to be drier than jalebis. Imartis can be served hot, at room temperature, or cold.

• Frying process
• After frying

Serving

In India, Imartis are served as dessert at the end of a meal, sometimes accompanied by dahi as a dipping. They are also distributed as sweetmeats to relatives, guests and neighbours during celebrations, like festivals and marriages.

• Imartis served as dessert in Tamil Nadu

See also

• List of Indian sweets and desserts
• List of fried dough foods
• List of doughnut varieties
• [REDACTED] Food portal

References

1. Khanna, Sangeeta (12 July 2019). "Beniram is a 200-year-old shop selling amriti in Jaunpur". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Archived from the original on 17 October 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
2. "Difference between Jalebi & imarti". recipes.timesofindia.com. Times Food. 28 August 2017. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
3. Keshavrao, Dhanvanti (6 July 2013). "A sweet tale of an exotic dessert". Archived from the original on 23 September 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
4. প্রতিবেদক, নিজস্ব. "ইফতারে ঘোষপট্টির 'ডাইলের আমিত্তি'". Prothomalo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2020.

External links

• [REDACTED] Media related to Imarti at Wikimedia Commons

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