Sweet round balls made of gram flour- Also Known as MOOTICHOOR
LADOO
Ingredients :
500 GMS besan
8 tbsp. Milk
A pinch of baking powder
ghee (clarified butter) for frying
1 tsp. cardamom powder
500 GMS Sugar
1/2 tsp. Saffron essence
Some dry fruits like almonds, pistachios, cashewnuts, raisins
Method :
1. Make syrup with 4 cups of water and the sugar until
the syrup thickens. Remove and keep warm.
2. Blend together besan (gramflour) and baking powder.
3. Put in saffron essence (or saffron soaked in warm milk)
along with the milk and enough water to make
a thick batter.
4. Beat it vigorously until the mixture turns smooth.
5. Keep it aside to settle so that the mixture drops easily
in the heated Ghee(clarified butter) and is not
too thin.
6. Now heat enough pure Ghee(clarified butter) for deep
frying .
7. Then take a very fine sieve with holes in it and rub the
batter a little at a time through the sieve so that
the mixture fall through the holes into the hot Ghee(clarified
butter).
8. The deep fried small balls comes out in the form of
boondi which is of pale golden color.
9. Drain thoroughly and put them immediately into the
syrup.
10.When all the mixture is used up and the boondi is
in syrup , put in the dry fruits and cardamoms.
11.If the mixture is too dry then sprinkle a little hot milk
over it. Mix again thoroughly.
12.Grease your hands and then shape the mixture into
small ladoos.