Laddu / Boondi Laddu Recipe – how to make Boondi Laddu

Ingredients

• 2 cups Besan/Sanaga Pindi/Gram Flour
• 2 cups Sugar
• 1 cup Water
• 1 pinch Pacha karpooram
• 1/2 sp Elaichi Powder
• few Cashew Nuts
• Oil for deep fry

Instructions

1. In a bowl add bengal gram flour/besan and make a batter with enough water like bajji batter without lumps and keep aside.
2. Heat oil in a wide pan and hold boondi ladle with small rounds on top with one hand, with the other pour 1 small cup of the batter all over the holes.
3. Tap it gently with a spoon, so that small balls of the batter fall into the oil, don't fry them crispy, take them out when they are soft.
4. Repeat the same process with the remaining batter and keep aside.
5. Boil sugar and water in a heavy bottomed pan and make syrup like 'undapakam'.
6. Add pacha karpooram, elaichi powder and fried boondi to the syrup and mix very well.
7. Let it cool for some time then mix well with hand and make round balls with fried cashew nuts.
8. Boondi laddu are ready to eat and allow them to dry, after that store them in an airtight container.