BOONDI LADDU

Ingredients:

• 1cupGram flour/kadle hittu
• 1 ½ cup Sugar
• 1cup Water for sugar syrup + 1/2 cup water for boondi batter
• Cardamom
• Cloves for garnishing
• Oil for deep frying

Preparing the Sugar Syrup:

• Mix water and sugar in a heavy bottomed pan and heat on a medium flame.
• The syrup should be of one thread consistency. The syrup will be ready when all the sugar melts. Add the cardamom powder to the syrup and keep this aside.

Preparing Boondis:

• Make  smooth batter of gram flour.
• Heat oil in a pan on a high flame. To test the temperature of oil just drop a pinch of batter. If it rises immediately the oil is ready for making the boondis.
• Hold the skimmer about 1 to 1 1/2 inches above the oil over the center of the frying pan with one hand. With the other hand pour some of the batter onto the skimmer to cover all of the holes without spilling over the edge of the skimmer
• While Frying there ll be a fluttering sound. Fry well till the sound stops. Drain oil and add the boondis to the syrup immediately. 
• When it is cool, start making lime sized balls out of the soaked boondis. 
• Store the so prepared boondi laddus in airtight container.Will taste good after a few hours as the boodis soak well.