BOONDI KE LADDU/MOTHICHOOR LADOO

Boondi ke Laddu/Mothichoor Ladoo

I can't think of one special occasion in India at which this laddoo is not on the menu! It gets its very cute name from the Hindi word for drops or droplets - Boond. Another name for it is Motichoor Laddoo (Moti means bead or pearl in Hindi). Read the recipe and you'll see why! Once you're through reading, make some Boondi Ke Laddoo, you WILL NOT regret it!

Ingredients:

2 cups channa flour

2 tbsp rice flour

A pinch of baking soda

250ml water

Cashewnuts,chopped

Raisins

10 cloves,pounded coarsely

10 cardamons,only the seed,pounded

A little yellow colour if you like.

13/4 cup sugar

11/4 cup water

1 tbsp ghee

1 part oil 2 parts ghee for frying

Method:

1. Mix the 2 flours,baking soda and water to make a thick batter. Heat the oil and ghee for frying.

2. Place a little batter on a perforated ladle and press out gently. Little droplets of batter will fall into the oil. Fry till they swell up and are golden brown.

3. Mean time heat ghee and fry cashewnuts till golden brown. In the same oil fry raisin and keep aside

4. Boil the water and sugar and make to get a thick syrup,add in the cloves and cardamon stir well.

5. Drain and put the fried boondi into the hot syrup. When all the batter has been fried. mould the droplets into little balls. The ingredients will be hot now.

6 It is easier to make the laddus if the ingredients remain hot. Serve when cool and set.