Mootichur Ladoo

A diwali Sweet

Ingredients

2 cups gram flour (besan)

2 cups clarified butter (ghee)

3/4 cups sugar

2 tbsp. almonds, finely chopped

1/2 tsp. cardamom powder

1/4 tsp. edible saffron color

Method

1.Mix gram flour with just enough water to make a thick batter. Add color.
2.Heat clarified butter (Ghee(clarified butter)). Through a sieve, gently place batter drops into the hot Ghee(clarified butter). Fry till pink and drain out.
3.Continue till all batter is used. Reserve the fried drops as boondis.
4.Heat sugar with 3/4 cup water and make a sticky syrup of one- thread consistency.
5.Add fried boondis, almonds, cardamom powder and mix well.
6.While still warm, shape the syrup-coated boondis into round ladoos, and leave till dry.