Nutty palm sugar Boondi Laddoos

Name: Nutty palm sugar Boondi Laddoos
Total time: 3000 s
Yield: 24 laddoos
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 cups besan; 1/2 cup rice flour; 1 tsp orange food colouring; 1/4 tsp salt or as needed; 1 cup water or as needed; As required Oil for deep frying; 1.5 cups palm sugar; 1/3 cup water; 1/2 tsp lime juice; 1/2 cup chopped pistachios; 1/2 cup chopped cashews; 1 tsp cardamom powder; As required Kesar strands for garnishing (optional); As required Ghee for greasing palm

Supraja Nagarathinam @cook_13583444

Chennai, Tamil Nadu

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Here I have added a twist to the regular Boondi ladoos by using palm sugar. Palm sugar is a good sauce of iron and vitamin B. It is as sweet as regular sugar but with more health benefits like able to fight anaemia and PCOS problem in women. Also I’ve used lots of nuts and dry fruits to make it wholesome. This same recipe when the boondi is made a with smaller holes strainer is motichoor laddoo. Either ones are very delicious and easy sweet to make for Ganesh Chaturthi.

Supraja Nagarathinam @cook_13583444

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Ingredients

40-50mins

24 laddoos

2 cupsbesan
1/2 cuprice flour
1 tsporange food colouring
1/4 tspsalt or as needed
1 cupwater or as needed
As requiredOil for deep frying
1.5 cupspalm sugar
1/3 cupwater
1/2 tsplime juice
1/2 cupchopped pistachios
1/2 cupchopped cashews
1 tspcardamom powder
As required Kesar strands for garnishing (optional)
As requiredGhee for greasing palm

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Steps

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1

In a mixing bowl take- besan, rice flour, salt and food colouring.
2

Add water to make it to a runny consistency.
3

Once the oil in the pan heats up well, lower the flame. Take a strainer with holes in it and pour 1 ladle full of the Boondi batter over it gently. Spread it around evenly as shown below.
4

The small Boondi will drop into hot oil. Wait for it to fry well and crispy. Remove and drain excess oil on a tissue. Use a strainer with smaller holes if desired for motichoor laddu.
5

Meanwhile in another bowl dissolve the palm sugar in water until it bubbles up slightly. Wait for 1 or 2 strings consistency.
6

Add lime juice to prevent sugar from crystallising in the laddoos. This will keep it moist always.
7

Once sugar syrup is ready add it to the Boondi prepared. Mix well and let it soak up the syrup for 10-15 mins.
8

Now add cardamom powder and the chopped dry fruits. Mix well.
9

Grease palms with ghee and roll the Boondi mixture into medium sized balls. Set aside.
10

Garnish with kesar strands (optional) and more chopped nuts and dry fruits.
11

These laddoos can be stored for 2-3 days in an airtight container. Best to refrigerate them as it has ghee.