Sweet boondi recipe-How to make-Step by step photos

Cuisine Style: India | Preparation & CookingTime: 15 to 20 minutes | To Serve: 5 | Type: Sweet, Festival, Diwali Sweet

Ingredients

• Gram flour [Kadalai maavu, besan] – 1 cup
• Sugar – ¾ cup
• Water – ½ cup
• Ghee – 2 tbsp
• Cloves – 2
• Green cardamom – 3 or cardamom powder – ½ tbsp
• Almonds - 3 [grated]
• Pistachios - 4 [grated]
• Salt a pinch
• Water as needed
• Oil or ghee for deep frying

Preparation

• Heat ghee in a pan roast almonds & pistachios & keep it aside.
• In a bowl add gram flour, add pinch of salt then add water to make it flowing consistency batter (Not too much watery)
• Heat water & sugar (1: ½) in a pan let it boil till one / half string consistency [arai kambi padham] then cut off heat.
• Add cardamom & two tbsp of ghee.
• Heat oil or ghee in a pan Hold boondi ladle over the oil pour one ladle full of batter over the boondi ladle then gently scratch with the ladle.
• Deep fry till crisp on medium heat.
• Once its ready take it out & drain on absorbent paper.
• Add fried boondi, cloves to the warm sugar syrup & gently mix.
• Leave it for 2 min then again gently mix (So that the boondhi absorb the sugar syrup completely)
• Finally add grated amonds & pistachios.
• Then let it cool & store it in an airtight container use within 5 days

How To Make Sweet Boondi - Step by Step Photos

In a bowl add gram flour , salt mix well

In a bowl add gram flour , salt mix well

For sugar syrup add ¾ cup sugar

Add half cup water, let it boil till one string consistency

Add green cardamom

Sugar syrup is ready, cut off heat

Add ghee

Keep it aside

Boondi batter is ready, you can use large boondi ladle

Heat oil, pour batter over the boondi ladle, gently scratch with the ladle

Deep fry till crisp then remove it from oil

place fried boondis in sugar syrup mix gently

Add cloves

Leave this mixture for 5 min

Sweet boondi absorbed all the sugar syrup and turned crispy

Crispy delicious sweet boondi is ready, store in an airtight container

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