Bhoondhi Laddu
- January 07, 2021
- 2
Ingredients:
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 whole cardamoms, powdered
- 1 3/4 cups besan flour
- water a required
- oil for deep-frying
- 5 cashew nuts, chopped into small pieces
- 5 raisins
- 1 tbsp ghee
- In a heavy saucepan, add 3/4 cup water to the sugar and bring to a boil.
- Boil the mixture until it is a syrup of one-string or thread consistency.
- Remove from the heat and add the saffron and powdered cardamoms. Set aside.
- Sift the besan flour into a bowl.
- Add enough water to make a thick batter of dropping consistency.
- Heat oil in a pan.
- Drop a ladleful of the batter through a slotted spoon with pea-sized holes. Fry until uniformly golden and crisp.
- Continue until all the batter has been used.
- Add these fried little balls to the sugar syrup.
- Saute the cashew nuts and raisins in 1 tbsp ghee, and add to the laddu mixture.
- Mix thoroughly and allow to cool.
- Shape laddus into small balls.
