How To Make Boondi Laddoo | Boondi Laddu
Boondi Laddoo | Boondi Laddu is one of the most famous Indian sweet.It is also the most popular dessert.Boondi laddoo are deep fried pearls cooked in desi ghee or oil and then are soaked in sugar syrup.
Equipment
- 1 Perforrated Ladle or Boondi Jhara
Ingredients
- 3 cups Besan | Gram Flour
- 3 cups Sugar
- 2 cups Water
- ½ cup Desi ghee
- for frying boondi Sunflower oil (you can fry boondi in desi ghee too)
- ½ cup Dry fruits
- ¼ cup Magaj | Melon seeds
- ¼ - ½ tsp Kesar Food Colour (optional)
- 1 tsp Cardomom / Elaichi powder
Instructions
For Making Boondi
- To make the boondi batter,Sieve in the gram flour or besan first to break the lumps in the flour.
- Further add water,in batches while whisking it continuously to make a lump free,thin & smooth batter.
- Add food colour to the batter.(Addition of colour is totally optional)
- In a pan or kadhai add cooking oil or desi ghee for frying boondi.(I have used sunflower oil for frying)
- Using a Perforated Spoon/ladle or Boondi Jhara,Pour in the batter over the ladle or jhara.
- Once the batter is poured on the ladle keep the ladle tapping so that the boondi drops fell uniformly into the oil.
- Fry the pearls on medium flame until light golden brown,make sure you don’t fry them too much.
- Once fried,transfer the boondi into a sieve using a ladle & gently give a jerk to the sieve to remove any excess oil.
- Further transfer the fried boondi from the sieve to a plate & fry all the boondi similarly & let them cool down completely.
- Your Boondi for Boondi Laddoo is ready.
For Making Sugar Syrup
- Add sugar and water in a deep-bottomed heavy pan.
- Allow the sugar to melt completely.
- Cook on medium flame.
- Allow to cook until it begins to thicken to a one string consistency.
For Making Laddoo
- Add the fried boondi immediately to the hot sugar syrup.
- Let the boondi soak into the syrup.In a pan heat the ghee.
- Add dry fruits and melon seed to ghee and fry on low flame.
- Pour all this along with ghee into the boondi laddoo mix.(addition of desi ghee at this stage gives a very delicious taste to the laddoo’s.See that you don’t skip it))
- Add cardamom powder or elaichi powder.
- Now mix everything evenly.
- Let the boondi along with all ingredients soak in the sugar syrup for 7-8 hours.
- Once nicely soaked take about 1 cup of the laddoo mix and grind it into a mixer jar coarsely.
- Add this grinded mixture to the laddoo mix.This is done because grinded mixture helps in binding the laddoos nicely.
- Now again mix everything properly and start binding the laddoos.
- Shape the laddoos in nice round shape.
- Your Boondi Laddoos are ready.
- Celebrate your special occasions with this delicious.