Motichoor ke Ladoo
 
 
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Ingredients
  • for sugar syrup
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup water
  • orange food color
  • for making boondi
  • 1 cup besan (gram flour)
  • a few strands of saffron
  • orange food color (use according to how intense you'd like the color to be)
  • ¾ cup water
  • oil for deep frying
Instructions
  1. For the sugar syrup, dissolve sugar, saffron threads, food coloring and water in a pan and bring to a boil on high heat.
  2. Cook the sugar solution till it reaches one thread consistency. Keep the sugar solution aside.
  3. For the boondi, make a smooth flowing batter of the gram flour/besan, food coloring and water. The batter should neither be thick nor thin. It should be a flowing batter without any lumps. You can add more water if necessary. It should be like pancake batter.
  4. Heat oil for deep frying in a deep pan. The oil has to be moderately hot. Take a perforated spoon. With your hands position the ladle above the oil. Take a large spoon of the besan batter and pour it on perforated spoon. Press with the other spoon so that the batter falls down from the perforations into the hot oil.
  5. Fry the gram flour balls or boondi till they become golden.
  6. Transfer the fried boondis to a dish. In the meanwhile heat the sugar syrup and and then add the boondis to it. Stir and mix well. The boondis should get softened in the sugar syrup.
  7. In a blender add the sugar soaked boondis. Pulse the boondi mixture a few times.
  8. If the boondis are a bit crisp, then add 1 or 2 tbsp more of the hot water. The boondis will absorb the hot water and remain soft and moist.
  9. Apply some oil or ghee on your palms and shape the motichoor ladoos. The mixture would be warm when preparing the ladoos. When cool they will become more firm.
  10. You can garnish the motichoor ladoos with pistachio nuts.
Recipe by Box of Spice at https://boxofspice.com/2020/08/motichoor-ke-ladoo/