Boondhi Laddu

Ingredients:

• Besan or gram flour - 1 cup
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Water for syrup - 1/2 cup
• Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
• Cashew - 10 nos
• Dry grapes - 10 nos
• Ghee - 1 tbsp
• Saffron colour - pinch
• Edible camphor - pinch (optional)
• Oil for deep frying

Method:

• Mix water and sugar in a heavy bottom pan and heat the syrup on medium flame
• The syrup should be of one thread consistency add the cardamom powder, pinch of edible camphor and saffron colour to the syrup, mix well and keep aside
• Mix the besan with little water to form a batter slightly thicker than dosa batter
• Heat oil in a pan on a high flame. To test the temperature of oil just drop a pinch of batter. If it rises immediately the oil is ready for making boondhi
• Make boondhi with the batter using boondhi mould
• Drain boondhi of excess oil and add to the sugar syrup and mix well
• Fry cashew nuts, dry grapes in ghee and add to boondhi
• Mix well and let it cool for 15 -20 minutes
• Now you can make balls out of the soaked boondhi

Servings: 10-12