Friday 16 October 2009

Boondi Laddoo

Happy Diwali to all my dear blogger friends and family.

With just 1 day left for Diwali ... I am sure all of you wonderful bloggers are busy preparing your choice of sweets and savories. For Diwali, we are always in India with our families. No worries of preparing the sweets :) ... but this time we are celebrating it here. So trying out various sweets.

Yesterday my experiment was boondi laddoo. Though this is one of the time consuming sweets (at least I felt like that) the end result is really yummy :). My mom told me that it is really simple and gave me the recipe. I was thinking that surely I will mess this up ... but fortunately it came out well.

The main tool for this laddoo is the typical boondi maker laddle ... this is a flat laddle with several small holes and a long handle. But since I did not have this tool, I used a collander which was good though not the best.
Here is the recipe.

Ingredients:
Besan flour - 1 cup
Water - 3/4 cup
Oil - for frying



Sugar syrup:
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Water - 1/2 cup (or little less)

Garnish:
Cashew (broken into pieces) - 1 tbsp
Raisins - 1 tbsp
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Cloves - 4-5
Pachcha Karooram (Borneo Camphor) - 1/4 tsp
Ghee - 4 tbsp

Method:
Sift the besan flour and mix it with water to form a thick batter (little thicker than dosa consistency).



Before making the boondi, make the sugar syrup by adding 1/2 cup water to 3/4 cup sugar and heating. The syrup should boil till you get 1 string consistency.
Add cloves (crush a little but do not powder) , pachcha karpooram and cardamom powder to this.
Add 1/2 tsp lemon juice to avoid the sugar from forming crystals.
Now fry the raisins and cashew in ghee and keep this aside.
Now for the boondi ...
In a deep bottomed pan, heat oil. When the oil is very hot, hold the laddle/collander above the oil and pour small amount of batter.
Drops of batter fall into the oil. These should not stick to one another and they should bubble up, if not using another laddle ( used for frying) seperate them. Once the oils stops the bubbling noise, the boondis can be removed. The boondis should not be too crisp for laddoo.
Immediately put them to the sugar syrup.
Fry the boondis in batches and put them into the sugar syrup.
Mix the fried cashew and raisins.
Pour ghee into this and mix well.
Let the boondis completely absorb the syrup.
Now take a small quantity of this mixture in your palm and using your hands make firm laddoo.
Yummy laddoos are ready to be devoured :)



These if stored in airtight container will lasts for a week.

Tips: If your boondis turn a very crispy and hard, sprinkle 1-2 tbsp water evenly and mix well and leave it for 2-3 mins to soak in. This will make the boondis softer. Do not add more water as this will make the boondis soggy.

Yields: 25 Laddoos

12 comments:

  1. OH my fav sweet..i always used to buy it and now when i got the recipe of it will surely try this one soon...looks very delicious and beautifully presented too

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  2. Wow!! yum yum...I dont like laddoos but looking at this I feel like eating them right away :)

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  3. Oh perfect sweet for diwali.looks gorgeous!!my daughter fav sweet..
    Wish u,vidhya & ur family happy & prosperous diwali..have a wonderful time with ur family and enjoy ur day dear..

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  4. wish u a happy diwali and delicious boondi ladoo for the occasion.

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  5. Sushma: Thanks. Happy diwali to you and your family dear. Try this laddoo I am sure your family will like it.
    Viji: Thanks dear. Have a wonderful and fun filled Diwali dear! Thanks for you comments. Try them ... if not you your family will like them I am sure :)
    Sangeetha: Thanks dear ... your comments are always inspiring. Wish you and your family happy Diwali. Have loads of fun.
    Kitchen Queen: Thanks dear ... Wishing you a fun filled Diwali. Please collect your award ... I am not able to comment on your blog for some reason. Hope you (or anyone of your freinds) see this message.

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  6. Wish u n ur family a very happy diwali.

    Boondi ladoos look absolutely perfect.I love these all through my childhood but had them store bought.Thanks for the recipe.

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  7. Wow..Laddu looks so perfect.Happy Diwali dear.

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  8. Wow.. Superb photo dear.. If you wish send this to my FIL-Ghee event..!

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  9. I make it in the same way too..But never added pacha karpporam..happy Diwali !!!

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  10. These sound great, but I am going to need some help getting ahold of a few of the ingredients or suggestions on US alternatives. I am only familiar with more mainstream/popular Indian ingredients.

    Help, where do I get/what else can I use for


    Besan flour - 1 cup
    Pachcha Karooram (Borneo Camphor) - 1/4 tsp
    Ghee - 4 tbsp

    Thank you!

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  11. Thanks gals for all your comments ...
    Rhandi ...
    Besan flour is called Gram flour in english ... for more details refer ->http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gram_flour
    Pachcha Karpooram is edible camphor. You might find this in either Indian or Srilankan stores. This is optional... it adds a flavour to the laddoos.
    Ghee is made out of butter ... Refer ->http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghee
    Hope this answers your question. Happy cooking and blogging.

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  12. Wish all of you a happy and prosperous Diwali.May this Diwali bring lots of happiness to your life..

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