Sweet Boondi

Prep Time: 5min
Cook Time: 20min
Total Time: 25min
Yield: 4-6 Servings

Ingredients

1 Cup Gram Flour(Besan)
Pinch of Baking Soda (optional)
1/2 Tspn Oil
1/2 Cup Water or add as needed
Oil for Deep Fry

For Sugar Syrup

3/4 Cup Sugar
1/2 Cup Water
1/4 Tspn Green Cardamom Powder (Ellachi)

Directions

• In a bowl combine all the ingredients (except oil for deep fry) to make a thin batter without any lumps.

• Heat oil in a sauce pan/kadai on a medium flame & take a slotted ladle. Once oil is hot enough; hold slotted ladle over the oil & pour a ladle full of batter over slotted ladle. Spread in a circular motion & batter will fall drop by drop in the oil.
• Fry them in small batches for 4-5 minutes or until little crispy & keep turning the boondi with a strainer ladle while frying otherwise they get discoloured.

• Transfer them to a plate lined with paper towel to remove excess oil.
• For sugar syrup, boil water in a sauce pan on medium flame & then add sugar. Simmer the sugar syrup for 10 minutes or until it attains one thread consistency & should be sticky. 
• Now add cardamom powder, mix everything well & turn off the flame.

• Add the fried boondis into the syrup & gently toss them so that boondis are well coated in sugar syrup.

• Allow it to cool at room temperature (syrup will be absorbed & forms sugar crystals).
• Serve sweet boondi.

Note: Store it in an airtight container & stays fresh for a week at room temperature.