Name: Boondi Ladoo recipe by Drashti Dholakia at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: For Besan Batter; 2 cups besan/chickpea flour; 1-1.5 cups water; Pinch Of Baking Soda; 1 tablespoon ghee; For sugar syrup; 2 cups sugar; 1 Cup water; Few drops of lemon juice; ½ teaspoon cardamom powder/elaichi powder; Other ingredients; Oil/ghee for frying; 1 tablespoon ghee; 4-5 cashews, chopped; 4-5 almonds, chopped; 8-10 raisins

Ingredients Serving: 4

For Besan Batter
2 cups besan/chickpea flour
1-1.5 cups water
Pinch Of Baking Soda
1 tablespoon ghee
For sugar syrup
2 cups sugar
1 Cup water
Few drops of lemon juice
½ teaspoon cardamom powder/elaichi powder
Other ingredients
Oil/ghee for frying
1 tablespoon ghee
4-5 cashews, chopped
4-5 almonds, chopped
8-10 raisins

Instructions

For Besan Batter
In a bowl, sieve besan.
Add water gradually to make a smooth flowing batter. First add 1 cup water and whisk well. Then if you find the batter thick, add more water as required. Quantity of water will depend on the type of besan.
Keep the batter aside for 15-20 minutes.
Now add ghee and pinch of baking soda. Whisk well and keep the batter aside.
For sugar syrup
In a pan, take 2 cups of sugar and to it add 1 cup of water. Cook on a medium flame for 2-3 minutes. Then add few drops of lemon juice to the syrup, to prevent it from getting crystallised.
Mix well and keep boiling till you attain syrup of 1 string consistency.
For making Boondi
For making boondis, you will require 2 ladles : 1) a ladle with small holes in it and 2) a round ladle to pour the batter
Hold the ladle with small holes in it over hot oil. Pour the batter with the help of a round ladle on the other ladle with small holes directly in hot oil.
Fry till boondis are cooked. Don’t make them crisp.
Remove fried boondis from oil with a slotted spoon and soak them in sugar syrup directly.
Soak for 2-3 minutes and then remove the first batch of sugar syrup soaked batch of boondis in a wide bowl.
Repeat the same steps to make boondis from the remaining batter.
Making Ladoos
Add all the soaked boondis (that we have kept in a bowl) to the remaining sugar syrup and heat the mixture on a medium flame for 2-3 minutes.
Switch off the flame and add 1 tablespoon ghee and chopped nuts & raisins to the boondi mixture and mix well.
Make ladoos taking a small amount of boondi mixture between your palms.
Serve and enjoy these yummy ladoos.

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