Charishma's Diwali Special Boondhi Ladoos

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups grams flour
• 1 cup water (you can always add more or less if desired to get the correct consistency)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 cup rice flour
• oil (for frying)
• 10 cashews, broken into slightly big pieces, fried
• 10 raisins, fried
• 8 cloves, fried
• 14 cardamoms, powdered
• 1 1/2 tablespoons fresh milk
• saffron, soaked in the milk
• 15 -16 tablespoons sugar
• 1 cup water (a little less)

Recipe

• 1 mix gram flour and water to make the batter for the boondhi ladoos.
• 2 make sure that the batter is neither too thick nor too thin.
• 3 add salt, rice flour, soda and turmeric powder.
• 4 mix well with fingers or use an electric beater and beat it well for 3-4 minutes.
• 5 make sure that no lumps remain.
• 6 (i beat it with an electric beater, which is the same one which i use for beating the eggs when making cake).
• 7 now heat oil on medium flame.
• 8 once its hot, take a boondi ladle (flat round ladle with holes on top) and spread 2 layers of the batter on it.
• 9 tap it gently with a spoon.
• 10 you will see small round boondis falling into the hot oil.
• 11 keep stirring the boondis and remove from heat once half fried.
• 12 likewise, do for all the batter.
• 13 make sure that the boondi ladle is kept at a distance from the oil.
• 14 now fry the raisins, cashews, cloves in the same oil.
• 15 add these to the half fried boondis.
• 16 add cardamom powder and saffron.
• 17 mix well with fingers.
• 18 pour a little of the warm sugar-water syrup into the boondi batter, just enough to knead.
• 19 mix well with fingers.
• 20 make lemon sized balls (boondi ladoos) and serve once slightly cooled or once cooled, store in an airtight container and serve when desired.
• 21 preparation of sugar water syrup-------------.
• 22 this is the slightly tough bit of making ladoos.
• 23 it needs some practice.
• 24 for this, take a bowl.
• 25 add sugar and water and heat on medium flame for 15-20 minutes.
• 26 keep stirring occasionally.
• 27 add 2-3 tbsp of milk.
• 28 this is done so that if any dirt is present in the sugar it will rise to the top and then you have to remove it with a spoon and throw it away.
• 29 mix the syrup.
• 30 once a one string consistency is reached, remove from heat and pour the desired quantity in the boondi ladoo batter and mix.