Monday, October 23, 2006

Boondhi Ladoo


Bengal gram flour – 1 cup
Rice flour – 1 tsp
Cooking soda – a pinch
Food colour – 2 pinches
Cashews –hand ful
Kismis – hand ful
Ghee – 3 tsp
Cloves – 6-7
Cardamom pdr – little

For sugar syrup

Sugar – 1 ½ cup
Water – ½ cup

Method

  1. Mix besan, riceflour, soda together.
  2. Add just enough water to make it a semi liquid batter.
  3. Heat oil in a deep pan. Keep the boondi ladle(it will have holes) on top of the oil.Add 1 ladle batter and just tap it. Small drops of boondi will fall into the oil.fry it .See that it doesnot turn colour. Repeat this all the batter are done.
  4. Fry the cashews,kismis and cloves in 2 tsp ghee.
  5. To make the sugar syrup: In a pan add the sugar and water and boil it till 1 consistency is reached.
  6. Add the food colour of your choice.
  7. Add the boondi, fried nuts , cardamom pdr and and 1 tsp ghee. Mix it lightly till the colour spread to all the boondhi.
  8. As it become warm the sugar starts to crystallize. So make small ladoos when it is still warm.

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