Bellam Laddu Recipe/ Jaggery Laddu – How to make Jaggery Laddu

Ingredients

• 1 cup Besan/Gram Flour
• 3/4 cup grated Jaggery
• 1 pinch Elaichi Powder
• Oil for deep fry
• Water for batter & syrup

Instructions

1. Sieve the gram flour, add water little by little and make a smooth batter like bajji batter without lumps.
2. Heat oil in a wide pan, when hot hold a ladle on top of hot oil and pour a small cup of batter on it and tap it gently, let the batter drop into the hot oil.
3. Deep fry till they turn light brown in color and keep aside, make more boondi using the remaining batter.
4. Now boil a cup of water and add jaggery into it and make a thick syrup like 'vundapakam'.
5. Switch of the flame and add in elaichi powder and fried boondi and mix well and pour on a wide plate, allow it to cool for some time.
6. Then make round balls or laddoos, bellam Laddus are ready to serve, allow them to dry and store them in an airtight container.