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Sweet Boondi Recipe

Sweet Boondi Recipe with step by step pictures. This recipe is an Indian sweet recipe with crisper surface and sugary juice within.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Servings 2 cups
Calories 311 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Gram Flour / Kadalai mavu / Besan
  • teaspoon Baking Soda / Cooking Soda
  • Yellow Food Colouring - a pinch
  • ½ cup + adjust accordingly Water
  • Oil for Deep Frying
  • For Sugar Syrup:
  • ¾ cup Sugar
  • ½ cup Water
  • 1 teaspoon Cardamom Powder / Yelakai Podi
  • ½ teaspoon powdered Cloves / Krambu
  • Yellow Food Colouring a pinch
  • For Seasoning:
  • 10 Cashewnuts broken into small pieces
  • 15 pieces Sultanas / Kishmish
  • 1 teaspoon Ghee
  • 2 Cloves / Krambu

Instructions
 

  • Take gram flour in a sifter and sieve it. Add in water and mix to a smooth batter.
  • Add in water slowly and make it into a smooth batter. Now add in some baking soda and food coloring. Mix well.
  • The batter should be little thick, it should be thinner than bajji batter. Make the batter perfectly then only you will get round boondi.
  • Now heat oil for deep frying.
  • Now take a boondi karandi or a perforated ladle. Hold it over oil.
  • Pour a ladleful of batter over the karandi and spread it out. The boondis will fall drop by drop.
  • Fry the boondi till they are little crispy. Drain them and set aside.
  • Take sugar and water in a pan, mix well so it is melted. Bring it to a boil and cook till it attain a single string stage.
  • When you take the spoon from the syrup and see, the last drop falling from the syrup form a single string like consistency.
  • At this point, take it off the heat and add in cardamom powder, clove powder, food coloring and mix well.
  • Add boondis to this syrup and mix well.
  • Now Heat ghee in a small pan, add in cashews and fry till it is light golden, add in raisans and fry till golden, add in cloves and mix well.
  • Pour this over the boondi and mix well.
  • Let this set for 2 to 3 hours until it gets crystallized and non-sticky. Then Serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1gCalories: 311kcalCarbohydrates: 75gProtein: 0.01gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 6mgSodium: 72mgPotassium: 2mgSugar: 75gCalcium: 3mgIron: 0.04mg
Keyword Sweet Boondi Recipe
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