BOONDI

Hi friends,
Boondi is an Indian sweet recipe which is made for several occasions especially in south-indian marriages. It is served along with the meal during weddings.

 

INGREDIENTS:

• Besan (Gram flour) - 1 cup
• Water - 3/4-1 cup
• Food color - optional
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Oil - for deep frying
• Ghee or clarified butter - 3tbsp
• Cashews-6nos
• Raisins-6nos
• Cloves- 3nos
• Cardamom powder- 1tsp
• Salt- a pinch

METHOD:

• Prepare a batter with besan, Salt, food color and 1/4-1/2 cup of water to get pouring consistency
• Heat oil in a kadai/wok
• Add ghee or clarified butter to the oil to enhance the flavour of the fried boondis
• Pour the batter onto a Boondi ladle 
• Fry the Boondis
• Remove from oil with the help of a deep fry strainer and keep aside
• Boil sugar in 1/2cup water till 1string consistency
• Roast raisins, cashews, cloves in ghee (clarified butter)
• Add it to the Boondis
• Add the sugar syrup while it is still hot and cardamom powder
• Mix well with a ladle
• Store in an air-tight container once it cools.

Note:

• Food color is optional, but Usually yellow, red, green and pink are used
• You can prepare of batches of Boondis with different colors and mix all of them finally to get the multi-color Boondis
• The multi-color Boondis look appealing to the eyes
• The size of the Boondis depend on the size holes in the punched out ladle used to prepare Boondis. Hence, that is purely your choice.

Do try the recipe and Enjoy the art of cooking!!!

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