Name: Boondi laddu
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: For boondi:; 1 cup besan or gram flour; ¼ cup and 3 Tbsp water; ¼ tsp baking soda; oil for deep frying; 2 Skimmer spoon or perforated ladle ( spoon with small holes); For sugar syrup:; 1¼ cup sugar; ½ cup water; Other ingredients:; 1 Tbsp ghee or clarified butter; 2 Tbsp raisins; 2 Tbsp cashew; 5 cloves; ¼ tsp cardamom powder

Boondi laddu

7 Jul 2018

by Deepthi (in memoriam)

Prep Time

15 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Total Time

45 minutes

Background

Boondi laddu is an indian sweet dessert recipe prepared with besan or chickpea flour. Deep fried chickpea flour pearls are soaked in a sugar syrup and shaped to round balls. This sweet is usually made on festivals like Diwali or Navaratri.

Ingredients

For boondi:
1 cup besan or gram flour
¼ cup and 3 Tbsp water
¼ tsp baking soda
oil for deep frying
2 Skimmer spoon or perforated ladle ( spoon with small holes)
For sugar syrup:
1¼ cup sugar
½ cup water
Other ingredients:
1 Tbsp ghee or clarified butter
2 Tbsp raisins
2 Tbsp cashew
5 cloves
¼ tsp cardamom powder

Instructions

Sieve the besan without any lumps. Add the baking soda to it.
Mix the besan with water to make a batter of dosa or pancake batter consistency. Set aside.
Fry the cashew nuts and cloves in ghee and keep it aside.
For sugar syrup, take a heavy bottomed vessel, add water and sugar. Stir until one string consistency.
For making boondi, take another heavy bottomed vessel, add oil and heat it.
Pour a ladle of batter to the perforated ladle and let the boondis falls into the oil.
Cook until half fried, take it out from the oil with another ladle and transfer it to the sugar syrup. Repeat the process for the the remaining batter.
Keep wiping out the excess batter from the top and back of the ladle used for making boondi. This will help with the shape of boondi.
Add the fried cashew nuts, cloves and cardamom powder to the boondi- sugar mixture.
When it is lukewarm make small round shaped balls and store them in airtight container.