Laddu

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Laddu

Description

Cooking Time

Preparation Time :20 Min

Cook Time : 40 Min

Total Time : 1 Hr 0 Min

Ingredients

Serves : 10
  • 1/2 kgs kadalai mavu /bengal gram flour


  • 1/4 cups rice flour


  • 1/4 tsp cooking soda


  • 1 pinch lemon yellow food color


  • 1 1/2 tbsp nova ghee


  • 3/4 cups sugar


  • 2 cups water


  • 1/4 cups nova milk,to remove impurities from suga


  • 1/4 tsp cardamom powder


  • 1 pinch pachai karpuram/edible camphor


  • 25 gms cashew nut


  • 50 gms raisins


  • 5-6 nos cloves

Directions

  • Take gram flour in a sifter and sieve it
  • Add in water and mix to a smooth batter
  • Add in water slowly and make it into a smooth batter
  • Now add in some baking soda and food colouring
  • Mix well
  • The batter should be little thick, it should be thinner than bajji batter
  • Make the batter perfectly then only you will get round boondi
  • Now heat oil for deep frying
  • Now take a boondi karandi or a perforated ladle
  • Hold it over oil
  • Pour a ladleful of batter over the karandi and spread it out
  • The boondis will fall drop by drop
  • Fry the boondi till they are little soft
  • Drain them and set aside
  • Take sugar and water in a pan, mix well so it is melted
  • Bring it to a boil and cook till it attain a single string stage
  • When you take the spoon from the syrup and see, the last drop falling from the syrup form a single string like consistency
  • At this point, take it off the heat and add in cardamom powder, clove powder, food colouring and mix well
  • Now take boondis in a bowl, add in the sugar syrup and use the back of a big ladle to bash the boondis so it gets little mashed up
  • Now Heat ghee in a small pan, add in cashews and fry till it is light golden, add in raisans and fry till golden, add in cloves and mix well
  • Pour this over the boondi and add in sugar candy
  • Mix well
  • Take a small portion of this mix and shape it into a tight ladoo
  • Do this for all the mixture
  • Let this set for 2 to 3 hours untill it gets firm
  • Then Serve