Name: Boondi Laddu recipe by Moumita Malla at BetterButter
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Ingredients of making Sugar Syrup :; Sugar - 2 cups; Water - 1 1/4 cups; Cardamom powder - 1 teaspoon; Ingredients of making Boondi :; Gramflour / Besan 1 cup; Water - 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons (as required); Few strands of saffron; Black cardamom seeds - 1/2 teaspoon; Cashew nuts chopped - 1 tablespoon; Pistachios - 1 tablespoon; Oil - 1 cup (for frying); Orange or Yellow Food Colour - 1 pinch; Ghee or clarified butter - 2 tablespoon

ABOUT Boondi Laddu RECIPE

Boondi Laddu is a very famous Indian dessert usually made during festival times.The word Boondi came from the Hindi word Boond, mean water droplet. Boondi is so named because it looks like drops. They are made out of besan batter, poured through a ladle, fried in oil and soaked in sugar syrup with a blend of nuts.

Ingredients Serving: 4

Ingredients of making Sugar Syrup :
Sugar - 2 cups
Water - 1 1/4 cups
Cardamom powder - 1 teaspoon
Ingredients of making Boondi :
Gramflour / Besan 1 cup
Water - 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons (as required)
Few strands of saffron
Black cardamom seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
Cashew nuts chopped - 1 tablespoon
Pistachios - 1 tablespoon
Oil - 1 cup (for frying)
Orange or Yellow Food Colour - 1 pinch
Ghee or clarified butter - 2 tablespoon

Instructions

Method of making sugar syrup:
Take sugar in a pan and add water into it.Keep this solution on low heat. Let the sugar melt completely. After the sugar gets dissolved, cook till you will get the one thread consistency.
One thread consistency means the sugar syrup should reach the single thread stage.
The sugar syrup should be hot when you add boondis, so you have to fry the boondis and prepare the sugar syrup side by side, if boondis are not hot then it will be difficult to bind.
Method of making boondi and how to bind boondis to form a laddu.
Take gram flour, saffron and food colour in a bowl.
Add little water to make a smooth batter until all lumps are dissolved. The consistency of batter is very important.
Heat oil in a pan. Whisk the besan mixture and then place it above the hot oil.And then tap the wired whisk which onto the hot oil. Do this process again and again.
Do not keep the wired whisk too much on height.
Do not overcook otherwise it will be crispy but not soft.And if boondis are not soft they wont be able to absorb the sugar syrup.
Strain them with a slotted spoon and keep on a plate.
Add fried boondis directly to the hot sugar syrup. Fry all boondis like above mentioned way and add to the hot sugar syrup.
Add ghee, black cardamom seeds, pistachios and cashew nuts in the sugar syrup and mix well all ingredients in syrup for 5-10, so that the boondi absorbs the syrup properly.
Wet your hands with some ghee and take 2-3 tablespoons mixture on hand and shape the laddu.
Keep the laddus open air for 2-3 hours to get dry.
Your delicious Boondi Laddus are ready.

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