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Sweet Boondi Recipe

Sweet Boondi is a delicious sweet made by frying tiny droplets of besan flour batter and combining it with sugar syrup, flavored with cardamom powder and garnished with nuts, dry fruits. Sweet Boondi is easy to make and commonly made for Diwali & special occasions. Learn to make perfect sweet boondi with step by step pictures and video.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Servings6
AuthorSharmilee J

Ingredients

To make boondi

  • 1 cup besan flour
  • 2 cloves
  • a tiny pinch turmeric powder yellow food color
  • 10 cashews (broken)
  • 15 raisins
  • oil to deep fry
  • a very tiny pinch edible camphor
  • ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder

To make sugar syrup

  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup water

Instructions

  • First to a pan add 1 tablespoon ghee, add 10 broken cashews fry until golden then add around 15 raisins, 2 cloves fry until raisins turn golden brown. Remove from flame and set aside.
  • To a mixing bowl add 1 cup besan flour along with ⅛ teaspoon salt, ⅛ teaspoon cooking soda and a pinch of turmeric powder or yellow food color.
  • Mix this well first then add around ½ cup + ⅛ cup water.Adjust according to the consistency.
  • Whisk it well without any lumps. The batter should be smooth and flowing more like dosa batter consistency. The consistency of the batter is important in getting perfect round shaped boondi.
  • Heat oil – first drop the batter using the back of a spoon. Boondi falls flat – the batter is runny so add little besan flour. Perfect round boondi – the batter is perfect, ready to fry. Tail forms – then batter is thick so add little water, mix then try again.
  • First try one or two boondis then pour over the ladle.
  • Place the ladle above the kadai around 3 inches and pour 2 ladles of the batter. Do not crowd.
  • Do not disturb for the first few seconds until it drips. When the dripping slows down or stops spread it using the ladle like how we spread for making dosa in concentric circles.
  • Flip over and let it cook for 1 minute then drain and remove the boondis.
  • Wipe of the ladle using a wet cloth for each batch so that the holes are open for the batter to drip easily. Else you can wash and wipe of with a cloth too. Repeat to finish.
  • Repeat to finish.
  • When pressed the boondi should be soft and not crisp.
  • Add 1 cup sugar to a pan along with ½ cup water.
  • Stir well until sugar dissolves completely. Add ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder.
  • Let the syrup boil. Keep stirring and checking in between.
  • Check for 1 string consistency. The string should not break in half it should stand for a second. If it breaks in half then its ½ string so cook for few more seconds to get 1 string consistency.
  • Now switch off, remove from flame.
  • Now add the prepared boondi's, fried cashews, raisins. Crush and add edible camphor.
  • Mix it well and let it rest for 15 minutes for the sugar to be absorbed and boondis to bloom.
  • After few minutes sugar crystallizes and boondis become separated.
  • Sweet boondi is ready!

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Notes

  • Always add cashews 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. Also the distance between the ladle and kadai is important, if you keep it far then the boondis will fall flat.
  • You can also add a tablespoon pf sugar candy(kalkandu) along with nuts and raisins while mixing.
  • The texture should be slightly grainy on the outside and juicy inside, thats perfect sweet boondis!
  • Once the batter is ready take a laddle full of batter and add it to the perforated ladle. Let it fall down by itself when the dripping slows down you can spread.
  • If you want your sweet boondis to be sticky, moist the switch off the sugar syrup in ½ string consistency itself.
  • I always make boondis first then make sugar syrup so that the syrup does not crystallize.
  • You can even add a pinch of saffron while boiling sugar syrup. Add rose essence if you like the flavor.
Nutrition Facts
Sweet Boondi Recipe
Amount Per Serving (75 g)
Calories 410 Calories from Fat 72
% Daily Value*
Fat 8g12%
Saturated Fat 1g6%
Trans Fat 0.02g
Polyunsaturated Fat 2g
Monounsaturated Fat 4g
Sodium 32mg1%
Potassium 401mg11%
Carbohydrates 77g26%
Fiber 5g21%
Sugar 55g61%
Protein 10g20%
Vitamin A 21IU0%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 36mg4%
Iron 3mg17%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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