Sweet Boondis are usually made as Prasad offered during pujas though it can be eaten anytime.These Boodis when come together form the famous Boondi Ladoo.
Ingredients :-
BATTER
- 1 Cup Gram flour / Besan
- 1/2 cup + 1 tsp Water
- 2 tsp Oil
SUGAR SYRUP
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 cup Water
- 1 tbsp Lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder / Elachi
- A pinch Orange colour or 2 strands of Saffron / Kesar
- Ghee or Oil for frying
- 1/4 cup Cashews / Kaju
- 1/4 cup Melon seeds / Maghaz
Method:-
- Make the Besan batter adding Water that is neither too thick nor too thin.It should have dropping consistency.
- Add Oil,
- Add Water to Sugar and let Sugar to melt over low.
- After sugar melts let the syrup boil for a minute adding lemon juice,Cardamom powder and orange colour or Saffron.
- Sugar syrup is sticky it’s perfect to put off stove.
- Heat Oil or Ghee.
- Drop the batter from a small perforated ladle.
- Fry dropped Boondi just for 30 seconds over medium heat.
- Strain them out and drop immediately in sugar syrup.
- Add broken Cashews and Melon seeds.
- Mix and keep aside for 6-8 hrs stirring in between.
- Boondis become double absorbing the sugar syrup.
Tips :-
- If the batter is too thick Boondi will form with a tail and if batter is too thin Boondi will come out flat.
- If the Boondi floats up in hot Oil and is round it’s perfect to fry.
- Don’t move ladle up and down to drop the batter let it flow down itself.
- Clean your ladle after dropping each batch of Boondi.
