Ingredients

• 2 cups - good quality besan
• 3 cups- sugar
• 2 tsps - rice flour
• 1 pinch - baking soda
• 1 pinch - kesar powder (optional)
• 1 tsp - elaichi powder
• 2 tbsp - cashew nuts broken
• a few raisins
• a few cloves
• diamond sugar(optional)

How to Make Boondi Ke Laddoo

• Make a batter using rice flour, besan or chana dal atta, baking soda, kesar powder with water to a thick pouring consistency.
• The batter should be slightly thicker than dosa batter. Heat a kadhai with cooking oil or ghee and make boondis with a boondi maker.
• Fry till boondis are golden brown. In a separate vessel which should be wide mouthed, heat 3 cups sugar with 1 cup water till sugar is dissolved and you achieve a single string consistency. Remove from fire.
• Add the fried boondis to the sugar syrup and keep mixing. Repeat this procedure till all the batter is exhausted. Leave the mix for 4 to 5 hours. Drain the boondis.
• Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a pan. Fry kishmish(raisins), kaju and cloves. Add this to boondis.
• Fry the cloves separately and powder them and add if you don't like it whole. Add 1tsp of elaichi powder and sugar cubes(small).
• Make ladoos of desired size and store in an airtight box.
• Keeps for 1 month without refrigerating.