Easy Boondi Ladoo Recipe: Make Boondi Ladoo at home

Ingredients

• 2 cup gram flour, sieved / gram flour
• ½ tsp yellow food color powder
• Ghee for deep-frying
• 500 g sugar
• 500 ml water
• 2-3 green cardamom pods, crushed / elaichi
• 2 black peppercorns
• A pinch of saffron
• ½ tsp lemon juice
• ½ cup castor sugar
• Silver varq, for garnish / silver work

Steps

1. To prepare boondi, add gram flour and yellow food color to a bowl, mix well.
2. Add some water and prepare a thick lump-free batter.
3. Using a perforated spoon drop in small rounds of batter into the hot ghee, deep-fry till they turn golden.
4. Remove and transfer to the prepared sugar syrup.
5. Add an equal amount of sugar and water in a deep-bottomed heavy pan.
6. Allow the sugar to melt completely, add in crushed green cardamom pods, black peppercorns and saffron.
7. Allow to cook until it begins to thicken to a 1 string consistency.
8. Add lemon juice to clean any dirt in the sugar, if the scum comes up then remove it using a perforated spoon.
9. Remove from flame and set aside to cool to room temperature.
10. Remove the soaked boondi from the sugar syrup into a thali.
11. Mash the boondi a little with your palms, add some castor sugar, mix well.
12. Start shaping into ladoos.
13. Once prepared, garnish with silver varq and serve.