Boondi Mithai

Ingredients:

• Besan - 2 1/2 cups


• Rice flour -1/2 cup


• Baking soda - pinch


• Jaggery - 2 cups


• Water - 1/2 cup


• Elachi - 1/4 tsp


• Ghee - 1 tbsp


• Oil for frying

Method:

• Seive Besan and rice flours and mix with pinch of baking soda.


• Make a smooth batter with water


• Heat ghee in a heavy frying pan


• Hold a strainer on top of frying pan with one hand and pour some batter with the other hand all over the holes


• Tap gently till all batter has fallen into hot oil


• Stir with another strainer and remove when Boondi turns into light golden and keep aside


• Repeat the same process until you finish up all the batter


• Grease a flat plate with ghee and keep aside


• Put jaggery in a pan along with water to make a thick ball consistency and swith off heat


• Add elachi, ghee, boondi and stir quickly and pour on the greased plate and flat them with a rolling pin


• Cool and keep open to dry, before storing in container