Name: Sweet Boondi recipe by Darshana Shah at BetterButter
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: For the Boondi :1 tea cup Bengal gram flour( besan flour); 3/4 tea cup water; Pinch of turmeric; Pinch of Soda; Ghee for frying; For sugar syrup-; 1 tea cup sugar; 1/2 tsp of saffron+ 2 tsp of water; For garnishing-; 10 almonds; 10 pistachios; 2 tbsp Raisins; 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder

ABOUT Sweet Boondi RECIPE

This particular recipe holds a very special place in my heart. Even today, it transports me back to being a young girl anxiously watching my Mother make these mouth-watering little yellow besan pearls in aromatic saffron-infused sugar syrup, coated with cardamom, pistachios, almonds and raisins! Tasty Tip: Serve with chilled rabdi!

Ingredients Serving: 6

For the Boondi :1 tea cup Bengal gram flour( besan flour)
3/4 tea cup water
Pinch of turmeric
Pinch of Soda
Ghee for frying
For sugar syrup-
1 tea cup sugar
1/2 tsp of saffron+ 2 tsp of water
For garnishing-
10 almonds
10 pistachios
2 tbsp Raisins
1/2 tsp Cardamom powder

Instructions

For the syrup-
Add approx 1 tea cup of water to sugar and cook it in a heavy bottom pan on a high flame till the sugar dissolves and the syrup became little sticky ( syrup should not make any threads if you want soft Boondi).
For crispy Boondi the sugar syrup needs to be of 1 thread consistency
Dissolve the saffron in water and warm it and add to the syrup
For Boondi-
Mix the besan in a little more than 1/2 tea cup of water and mix well. The batter should be of pourable consistency without any lumps
Add pinch of soda and turmeric.
Heat the ghee in pan and pour 1/4 tea cup of the batter at a time over a large round perforated spoon ( sp Boondi jara) so that Boondi drops in the ghee.
Deep fry the Boondi over a medium flame and remove using a slotted spoon and put them in the warm sugar syrup and mix well.
Garnish it with almond pistachio, raisin and cardamom

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