Sweet boondi are small sweet crispy deep fried balls of gram flour (besan) which are sweetened in a sugar syrup. During Indian festivals, there are many sweets made and sweet boondi is one of the favourite we love to make.
This is an easy and simple sweet boondi recipe which is made with simple ingredients most Indian kitchens have. Sweet boondi is made from sugar, besan, saffron ( for that lovely flavour), ghee for deep frying and cardamom, pistachio and almond slivers for garnish.
🔷 Preparation Time: 10 mins 🔷 Cooking Time: 25 mins 🔷 Total Time: 35 mins
Ingredients
🔷 For The Sugar Syrup
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 pinches saffron (kesar) strands dissolved in 2 tsp water
🔷 Other Ingredients For Sweet Boondi
• 1 cup Mayur Besan
• ghee for deep-frying
🔷 For The Garnish
• 1/2 tsp cardamom (elaichi) powder
• 1 tsp pistachio slivers
• 1 tsp almond (badam) slivers
Method
🔷 For the sugar syrup
1. Combine the sugar and 1 cup of water in a broad non-stick pan, mix well and cook on a high flame for 5 to 7 minutes or till the sugar syrup is of 1 thread consistency.
2. Add the saffron-water mixture, mix well and keep aside.
🔷 How to proceed to make sweet boondi
1. Combine the besan and ½ cup of water in a bowl and mix well till no lumps remain. Keep aside.
2. Heat the ghee in a kadhai and pour 3 to 4 tablespoons of the batter at a time over a large round perforated spoon (boondi jhara) so that boondi drops in the ghee.
3. Deep-fry the boondi over a medium flame and remove using a slotted spoon and put them in the warm sugar syrup and mix well.
4. Serve the sweet boondi immediately garnished with cardamom powder, pistachio slivers and almond slivers.
Handy tip:
At step no 2, hold the perforated spoon 3 to 4 inches above the kadhai as the ghee is very hot.