Boondhi Laddoo (Besan flour laddoo)

Ingredients:

For Boondhi:

Besan flour (Gram flour) - 2 cups (500 gms)

Baking soda - 1/2 tbl spoon

Cardamom - 6

Ghee - 2 tbl spoons

Cashew nuts - 1/4 cup

Dry grapes - 1/4 cup

A fine holed utensil

Oil - for deep frying boondhi

For Syrup:

Sugar - 2 cups (500 gms)

Water - 1 cup (250 ml)

Procedure:

For Syrup:

1. Put sugar and water in a vessel and boil until sugar dissolves

2. Boil for 5 minutes till bubbles forms on top

3. Add cardamom powder and mix and keep aside

For Boondhi:

1. Mix gram flour, baking soda with water as dosa batter

2. Heat oil in a heavy frying pan

3. Hold  utensil on top of that oil pan with one hand and with other hand pour some batter all over the holes. Tap gently till all batter has fallen into hot oil

4. Stir with another strainer and remove when light golden colour. Keep aside. Repeat for remaining batter. Now mix boondhi in syrup

5. Take pan add ghee in that and heat it. Now add cashew nuts, dry grapes and fry them. Then add that with ghee in boondhi mix. Cover and keep for 5 minutes

6. Now make them laddoos. Cool and keep open to dry, before storing in containers