Boondi ki Laddu

Ingredients for Boondi ki Laddu:

1. Gram flour (besan) – 150 gm

    Yellow food colour – 3 drops (optional)

    Water – ¼ cup+ 3 big spoons

    Baking soda – ¼ small spoon

2. Oil/ghee – For frying

3. Sugar – 1.25 cups

    Water -1/2 cup

4. Ghee – 1 big spoon

5. Raisins – 2 big spoons

    Cashews – 2 big spoon

    Cloves – 5

6. Cardamom powder – ¼ small spoon

How to prepare Boondi ki Laddu?

1. Mix ingredients no: 1 together and prepare thick batter.

2. Heat ghee/oil in a pan.

3. Pour batter through a spatula or spoon with small pores into oil. Keep medium flame.

4. Before boondis turn crispy, strain them from oil and place on a paper towel.

5. Add water to sugar and boil in low flame.

6. When it turns thread like, put off the flame and allow it to cool for 5 minutes.

7. Pour this solution on the top of boondis.

8. Fry ingredients no: 5 in ghee and add to boondis.

9. Add cardamom power also and mix the contents well.

10. Allow the boondis to fully absorb sugar solution.

11. Make round shaped ladoos before it completely cools off.

Courtesy: Vanitha Magazine, October 15-28, 2022

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