Boondi Ladoo

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Ingredients:

Besan flour 2 cups

Cashew Handful

Raisins Handful

Cardamom powder 1 teaspoon

Sugar 3 cups

Baking soda 2 pinches

Oil Required for deep frying

Preparation:

1. Add besan and water, make a smooth little thick batter, (grind it into soft batter in mixie) add baking soda to the besan mixture after the oil is warmed up.

2. Heat oil in kadai. Take the batter and pour it over a sieve with round holes. The batter will drop like small spheres. If the batter does drop gently move with a spoon.

3. When the boondi turns dark yellow in color transfer them to tissue paper.

4. Heat sugar and water in a pan untill it reaches string,single thread consistency.

5. In little ghee add raisins and cashews and roast for 1 minute till they slightly change color. Add cashew and raisins to the mixture.

6. Mix the balls of boondi to the sugar syrup and let them soak for for 2 minutes. Now add cardamom powder to the syrup.

 

7. Make the laddoo of size desired from the mixture when it is warm.  After 2 minutes again press them with your hand into round shape.

NOTE: Don't allow the sugar mixture to cool it will crystalize.