Boondi Ladoo-Boondi Laddu

Boondi Ladoo-Boondi Laddu

   Ingredients needed

   Kadalai mavu /Bengal gram flour - 1/2 kg (500 grams)
   Rice flour - 1/4 cup
   Cooking soda - 1/4 tsp and a pinch
   Lemon Yellow food color - a pinch
   Ghee - 1 1/2 tbsp

   For the sugar syrup

   Sugar - 3/4 kg ( 750 grams )
   Water - 2 cups
   Milk - 1/4 cup to remove impurities from sugar

   Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
   Pachai karpuram/Edible camphor- a generous pinch
   Cashew nuts -25 grams (break it )
   Raisins -50 grams
   Cloves - 5-6

Preparation

Sieve both bengal gram flour and rice flour separately.

Fry cashew nuts, raisin and cloves in ghee separately and keep it aside.

Method

First you have to prepare the sugar syrup and keep it ready.

Take a pan, add water and sugar, and mix well first. Then bring it to boil.

Add 1/4 cup of milk to it, all the impurities in sugar will come to the surface. Remove it with a ladle.

Boil sugar syrup till you get a one string consistency.

How to find one string consistency?

1.When you pour a little sugar syrup in a cup filled with little water, it should not dissolve.

2.When you touch it between your index finger and thumb and pull it apart, it should form a string.

3.Or just lift the ladle from the sugar syrup and wait for a few seconds- it will form a string. (in the pic above- the string is not clear but hold the ladle like that and see if it forms a string - that is right stage). Switch off the flame.

Add cardamom powder, pachai karpuram, fried cashew nuts, raisins and cloves to the sugar syrup.

For making boondi

I have already made a detailed post on how to make Kara boondi. The method is the same but the measurements are different.

Mix both bengal gram flour and rice flour, add cooking soda and a pinch of yellow color.

Add water and make a batter. I added around 2 cups + 1/3 cup of water and it was perfect for me. You add water little by little carefully to get the batter consistency (see picture above). It should neither be too thin nor thick.

Heat oil and pour a little batter on the boondi ladle and gently tap it. Tiny droplets of batter will fall into the hot oil. Fry till golden brown. Keep aside. Note - Do not fry it too crisp as for South Indian mixture or kara boondi. Remove it from oil a stage before that.

Repeat the process for the rest of the batter.

After the boondi cools a little, add half of it to the sugar syrup.

Put the rest of the boondi in a blender and grind it a little. Take a small mixie jar and blend it little by little only for a few seconds. (Do not make it a paste- see the second picture above)

Now add this also to the sugar syrup. Mix both well together.

Making of laddu/ladoo

Add a tbsp of ghee and make balls out of it. Yummm….!!!!!!!! Boondi Laddus are ready.

Enjoy your Diwali by making these yummy laddus and also parcel it beautifully and gift to your near and dear ones.

If you have any doubts regarding this recipe, do leave a comment in the comment section, I will happily answer your queries as I am just a click away!

              ........................... Happy Diwali.......................