Boondi Ladoo | Boondi Laddu
Boondi Ladoo is a traditional sweet made for special occasions and festivals especially for Diwali. Boondi Laddo is a soft & delicious sweet made by frying tiny droplets of besan batter and then mold into balls with sugar syrup. Boondi Ladoo Recipe is presented in this post with step by step pictures & video.
Servings15 ladoos
Ingredients
- 1 cup besan flour
- a very tiny pinch cooking soda
- 2 nos cloves
- a tiny pinch yellow food color
- 2 nos cardamom powdered
- 2 nos cloves powdered
- 1 tablespoon cashews broken
- 20 nos sugar candy
- 1/2 tablespoon raisins
- a very tiny pinch edible camphor optional
- oil to deep fry
To make sugar syrup
- 1 and 1/2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup water sugar should be just immersed so adjust accordingly
Instructions
- In a pan - add a teaspoon of ghee and fry add cashews fry till slightly browned then add raisins and fry till golden brown.
- Powder cloves and cardamom using hand mortar and pestle, keep aside.
- Sieve besan flour with soda and transfer it to a mixing bowl. Add water little by little to form a thick paste.
- Then add more water to form a flowing batter, then add yellow color.
- We need 2 ladles for making boondhi : one for making the boondhis and another for draining them from oil. If the batter consistency is not perfect the balls will not be round and it will have tails.
- To check if the batter is in correct consistency : First take a spoon and dip the backside of the spoon into batter and hold it on top of the preheated oil. If it drops as perfect rounds then the batter is perfect. Pour one ladle of batter over the ladle with the hole holding it just above the oil as shown in the picture.
- It will drip down by itself, you can even spread it using the laddle in circular motion (like we make dosa) for quicker process. Turn over to cook on both sides evenly. It should not be crispy just cooked.
- Wipe off the boondi ladle with a cloth for each batch. Alternatively you can wash the boondi ladle and wipe it clean and then start the next batch. Repeat to finish the entire batter.
- Simultaneously, In a broad vessel first add sugar with water till immersing level and heat it up. Check for single string consistency ie If you take a drop between your thumb and index finger you can see a single string forming as shown below in the 1st thumbnail - thats the right consistency, Set aside.
- Drain the boondis in a tissue and immediately add it to the prepared warm sugar syrup.
- Once you add all the boondis add fried cashews, raisins, edible camphor, cardamom powder, cloves powder and sugar candy. Mix it well.
- When its still warm enough to handle with your hands shape them into ladoos.I didnt grease my hands, just squeeze and press tight to shape the ladoos. The syrup and oil will squeeze out while pressing which helps the ladoos becoming moist, but after the sugar crystallises it will become dry.
- Store in an airtight container and enjoy your homemade sweet boondi ladoos!
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Notes
- It keeps well for a week in room temperature itself.
- If the sugar syrup crystallizes and if the boondis become dry just heat up the syrup for a minute or 2(not more than that)...this is to make the syrup loose then try to shape them it will be easy.
- Always add cashes first while frying then when its fried halfway add raisins and fry till golden brown.
- Batter consistency is very important to get perfect round boondis. So be very careful while adding water.
- When we drop the batter with the back of the spoon and If it drops and forms balls with a tail - then the batter is very thick so add little more water to make it runny. Do the same spoon test. Once the batter is ready take a ladle full of batter and add it to the perforated ladle. Let it fall down by itself else tap it or using the same ladle used for pouring just spread it as shown in the below pic so that it drops down.
- If the batter is watery then the balls may fall flat so add little more besan flour.
Nutrition Facts
Boondi Ladoo | Boondi Laddu
Amount Per Serving (40 g)
Calories 126
Calories from Fat 18
% Daily Value*
Fat 2g3%
Saturated Fat 0.2g1%
Trans Fat 0.004g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 0.1mg0%
Sodium 29mg1%
Potassium 85mg2%
Carbohydrates 27g9%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 22g24%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 5IU0%
Vitamin C 0.1mg0%
Calcium 10mg1%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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