Boondi Laddu is a delicious Indian sweet make for special occasions and for festivals like Diwali. Many people think that making laddu/ladoo at home is very difficult but it is not so. I have made the recipe very simpler with step by step cooking instructions and pictures. These home made laddus make excellent gifts for Diwali for your friends and dear ones. Today let us learn how to make Boondi Laddu using this easy boondi laddu recipe-
Boondi Ladoo-Boondi Laddu
Prep Time : 20 mins
Cook Time :
50 mins Yields:
47 Laddus Recipe Category:
Indian Sweet-Diwali Recipes Recipe Cuisine:
South Indian Author:
Padhu Sankar Ingredients needed
Kadalai mavu /Bengal gram flour – 1/2 kg (500 grams)
Rice flour – 1/4 cup
Cooking soda – 1/4 tsp and a pinch
Lemon Yellow food color – a pinch
Ghee – 1 1/2 tbsp
For the sugar syrup
Sugar – 3/4 kg ( 750 grams )
Water – 2 cups
Milk – 1/4 cup to remove impurities from sugar
Cardamom powder – 1/4 tsp
Pachai karpuram/Edible camphor- a generous pinch
Cashew nuts -25 grams (break it )
Raisins -50 grams
Cloves – 5-6
Preparation
Sieve both bengal gram flour and rice flour separately.
Fry cashew nuts, raisin and cloves in ghee separately and keep it aside.
Method
First you have to prepare the sugar syrup and keep it ready.
Take a pan, add water and sugar, mix well first. Then bring it to boil.
Add 1/4 cup of milk to it, all the impurities in sugar will come to the surface. Remove it with a ladle.
Boil sugar syrup till you get a one string consistency.
How to find one string consistency?
1.When you pour a little sugar syrup in a cup filled with little water, it should not dissolve.
2.When you touch it between your index finger and thumb and pull it apart, it should form a string.
3.Or just lift the ladle from the sugar syrup and wait for a few seconds- it will form a string. (in the pic above- the string is not clear but hold the ladle like that and see if it forms a string – that is right stage). Switch off the flame.
Add cardamom powder, pachai karpuram, fried cashew nuts, raisins and cloves to the sugar syrup.
For Making boondi
I have already made a detailed post on how to make Kara boondi. The method is the same but the measurements are different.
Mix both bengal gram flour and rice flour, add cooking soda and a pinch of yellow color.
Add water and make a batter. I added around 2 cups + 1/3 cup of water and it was perfect for me. You add water little by little carefully to get the batter consistency (see picture above). It should neither be too thin nor thick.
Heat oil and pour a little batter on the boondi ladle and gently tap it. Tiny droplets of batter will fall into the hot oil. Fry till golden brown. Keep aside. Note – Do not fry it too crisp as for South Indian mixture or kara boondi. Remove it from oil a stage before that. Repeat the process for the rest of the batter.
After the boondi cools a little, add half of it to the sugar syrup.
Put the rest of the boondi in a blender and grind it a little. Take a small mixie jar and blend it little by little only for a few seconds. (Do not make it a paste- see the second picture above)
Now add this also to the sugar syrup. Mix both well together.
Making of laddu/ladoo
Add a tbsp of ghee and make balls out of it. Yummm…. !!!!!!!! Boondi Laddus are ready.
Enjoy your Diwali by making these yummy laddus and also parcel it beautifully and gift to your near and dear ones.
One more shot!!
If you have any doubts regarding this recipe, do leave a comment in the comment section, I will happily answer your queries as I am just a click away!
Find more Diwali recipes both sweets and snacks in the link below
Diwali Recipes
Meet you all with more interesting Diwali recipes, stay tuned! until then it is bye from Padhu!
View Comments (118)
Wow......The platter is worth grabbing.......Great recipe & the ladoos look perfect.
wow u have made it look really simple. this post encourages me to try my fav ladoos at home for sure :) they look totally delicious.
Boondi laddo looks delicious.
Looks awesome. Nice clicks.
Perfectly shaped mouth-watering laddoos my dear..can I come over to taste them???
wow...
looks perfect and very tempting dear :)
ladoo adipoli.tempting.
Woww they looks super prefect, well prepared..
I'm a big time fan of boondi laddoos but could never try my hands on this; thanks a ton and a ton for sharing this recipe. :)
They look perfect for sure.
Hi there- I have always struggled in the final step of rolling them into ladoos
,probably because I did not blend a portion as you have instructed - let me follow your step by step method and better get it perfect this time for diwali- advance diwali greeting to you enlightening us with new and old mouth watering recipes.