Boondiche Ladoo – Marathi recipe

Instructions

• In a bowl take besan.
• Add a little water at a time and mix it well.
• Do not add all the water at a time or lumps of besan will be formed.
• Try to use beater for mixing that will help to break the lumps.
• The consistency of batter should be like pakoda batter, neither too thick nor too thin.
• Mix the batter well continuously with the beater for about 4-5 minutes.
• The batter should be nice, smooth and light.
• Rest the batter for about 10-15 minutes.
• In a pan take sugar and add water in it.
• Turn on the gas on medium heat and let the sugar dissolve completely.
• Cook the syrup for 5 minutes more on medium heat after sugar has melted completely.
• The syrup should have 2 thread consistency.
• It should be nice, thick and not free flowing.
• Turn off the gas and sugar syrup is already.
• Heat up oil on medium heat.
• Stir the batter well and spread it in the bundi making zara that is held on the pan.
• Tap the zara to make nice round bundi.
• If you don’t have bundi making zara then you can use regular zara that is used for frying or a grater.
• Make sure to use small shrade grater.
• After every use of regular zara or grater wipe the lower side to remove the batter stuck there.
• Stir the batter well before making each batch of bundi.
• Fry bundi on medium heat.
• Take the fried bundi out into a strainer to drain excess oil if any.
• Boil the sugar syrup once more and add fried bundi, raisins, cashew nuts, almonds, cardamom powder.
• Mix everything well together and let the mixture rest for an hour.
• After an hour roll the ladoos.
• Take the mixture in hand and roll ladoos pressing the bundi together.
• Bundiche ladoo are already.