Today is the second day of Blogging Marathon and I am posting under Navrathri Sweets. Laddu is a very special sweet and is a must in every festival. Mom prepares laddu for Deepavali usually. I used to help her while preparing lots and lots of laddus. After marriage, I made sure that I prepare laddu for every Deepavali and share it with friends and relatives. Usually Sruti doesn’t taste it. But after watching Chota Bheem she wants the laddus Bheem eats. She has been pestering me for weeks and yesterday I made it. I love to add orange food colour to the laddus, but those who want it yellow can just omit the food colour. These laddus are so soft and melts in the mouth. I add broken cashew but you can go for pistas and almonds. But traditionally it is cashew and raisins. I am linking this to Walk Through Memory Lane going on at my space.
Makes 21 Laddus:
Ingredients:
Besan / Kadalai Maavu -1 cup / 150 gm
Water-1 cup
Orange Food Colour-a few drops
Sugar-3/4 cup / 150 gm
Cardamom Powder-1/2tsp
Broken Cashew-2-3tbs
Ghee-1tsp
Oil-To Deep Fry
Procedure:
1. Mix water and besan to make a batter. Add food colour and mix well.
2. Add 1/4cup of water and cardamom powder to sugar in a sauce pan and bring it to boil.
3. Reduce flame and let the syrup come to half thread consistency. To know half thread consistency, take the syrup in a ladle. Touch the syrup with forefinger. Then bring together index finger and thumb together and pull apart. A thread will form and half way through it will break. At this point remove syrup from flame.
4. When the syrup is on stove, heat oil in a pan in another stove.
5. Start making boondhis when the syrup is ready.
6. Hold a boondhi ladle on top of oil.
7. Take a ladle full of batter and pour it on the ladle. Do not press. Let the drops of batter fall into the oil.
8. Fry until the sizzling stops. Do not wait for the boondhi to change colour.
9. Remove the boondhis and drop them into the syrup. Mix well with a ladle.
10. Prepare boondhis with the rest of batter. By now there will be no syrup left.
11. With a heavy object mash the syrup soaked boondhis into a coarse mixture.
12. Heat ghee and fry the cashew until golden.
13. Add it to the boondhi mixture. Mix well.
14. Take small portions and shape it into a ball by holding it tightly in the palm.
15. Prepare the remaining laddus.
16. Allow it to air dry for 2-3 hours.
17. Store in an air tight jar.
hi gayathri,
nice to c ur laddus…do u have the recipe for basic eggless cake recipe using condensed milk?
can u post it?tanx.
lakshmikumar
Hi Lakshmi, There is a recipe in my blog. Please check the link http://gayathriscookspot.blogspot.in/2011/01/simple-vanilla-cake.html
wow love the home made laddus…reminded me of english vinglish!
Wow…mouth-watering looking at the pictures…
oh wow!..they look super mouth watering Gayathri…so much effort!..truly simply loving them!!
Lovely ladoo…
i made them after marriage for the first diwali and liked the outcome but never attempted it again for the sheer thought of going through the tedious process..but ur post has inspired me again…loved the step by step pictures for it
wow…gorgeous ladoos dear…:)
Dr.Sameena@
http://myeasytocookrecipes.blogspot.in/
Laddos look yummy !!
Absolute labor of love.
DUnno y i love my laddoos in orange colour too, super cute damn pretty looking laddoos Gayathri, well executed.
wow these ladoos are super cool yummmy !!
bundi ladoos wow!!
gate motors
yummy
i can never dare to try this at home 😀 looks so yum
Inspiring me to make these.yours looks lovely
Gayathri, that’s so delicious to look at! I have not made it myself, though have helped amma with it..reading about chota beema, same here. Infact my boys want to throw it in air and catch..:)
wow…these look so good…wish I had one now to pop in my mouth to eat 🙂
These laddu’s look so tempting Gayathri. I love the steps by steps pictures. Great job!!
Good Lord!! You made Boondi Laadu at home from scratch. You are a pro Gayathri.. I have always felt that Bondi Laadu is the most painstaking, time consuming and mess making sweet ever. They look awesome though
Wow ladoo looks awesome. Its been long time that i made this.
My mouth is watering here Gayathri. I don’t know why but I have never tried making them. Loved all your Navartri sweet series.
Perfect ladoo, my grand mom use to make for all occasions!I cant make much perfect, tempting picture!
Kudos to you Gayathri, seeing your ladoos make me so nostalgic as I remember my granny and mom prepare ladoos for diwali. You make it seem so simple but its definitely time consuming and tedious process. They look so tempting…love it.
I have never seen a boondi laddoo being made from scratch. Kudos to you on mkaing these every year!
Gayathri, you are such an inspiration! i tried the boondhi laddoo it turned out great. My daughter ate three in a row and my husband loved it….thank you much!
gayathri
gayathri, you are such an inspiration! i tried this boondhi laddoo and it turned out great….my daughter ate 3 in a row and my husband loved it. i also had tried your jangiri recipe, even that turned out good, i need more practice though…
take care
gayathri
Your website is very good,thanks for the recipe,happy Diwali .