Boondi Ladoo

Sweet round balls made of gram flour- Also Known as MOOTICHOOR LADOO

Ingredients

500 GMS besan

8 tbsp. Milk

A pinch of baking powder

ghee (clarified butter) for frying

1 tsp. cardamom powder

500 GMS Sugar

1/2 tsp. Saffron essence

Some dry fruits like almonds, pistachios, cashewnuts, raisins

Method

1.Make syrup with 4 cups of water and the sugar until the syrup thickens. Remove and keep warm.
2.Blend together besan (gramflour) and baking powder.
3.Put in saffron essence (or saffron soaked in warm milk) along with the milk and enough water to make a thick batter.
4.Beat it vigorously until the mixture turns smooth.
5.Keep it aside to settle so that the mixture drops easily in the heated Ghee(clarified butter) and is not too thin.
6.Now heat enough pure Ghee(clarified butter) for deep frying .
7.Then take a very fine sieve with holes in it and rub the batter a little at a time through the sieve so that the mixture fall through the holes into the hot Ghee(clarified butter).
8.The deep fried small balls comes out in the form of boondi which is of pale golden color.
9.Drain thoroughly and put them immediately into the syrup.
10.When all the mixture is used up and the boondi is in syrup , put in the dry fruits and cardamoms.
11.If the mixture is too dry then sprinkle a little hot milk over it. Mix again thoroughly.
12.Grease your hands and then shape the mixture into small ladoos.