Boondi Laddu is a delicious Indian sweet make for special occasions and for festivals like Diwali. Many people think that making laddu/ladoo at home is very difficult but it is not so. I have made the recipe very simpler with step by step cooking instructions and pictures. These home made laddus make excellent gifts for Diwali for your friends and dear ones. Today let us learn how to make Boondi Laddu using this easy boondi laddu recipe-
How to prepare Boondi Laddu (Step by step recipe)Makes 47 laddus
Ingredients needed
Kadalai mavu /Bengal gram flour - 1/2 kg (500 grams)
Rice flour - 1/4 cup
Cooking soda - 1/4 tsp and a pinch
Lemon Yellow food color - a pinch
Ghee - 1 1/2 tbsp
For the sugar syrup
Sugar - 3/4 kg ( 750 grams )
Water - 2 cups
Milk - 1/4 cup to remove impurities from sugar
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Pachai karpuram /Edible camphor- a generous pinch
Cashew nuts -25 grams (break it )
Raisins -50 grams
Cloves - 5-6
Preparation
Sieve both bengal gram flour and rice flour separately.
Fry cashew nuts, raisin and cloves in ghee separately and keep it aside.
Method
First you have to prepare the sugar syrup and keep it ready.
Take a pan, add water and sugar, mix well first. Then bring it to boil.
Add 1/4 cup of milk to it, all the impurities in sugar will come to the surface. Remove it with a ladle.
Boil sugar syrup till you get a one string consistency.
How to find one string consistency?
1.When you pour a little sugar syrup in a plate with little water, it should not dissolve.
2.When you touch it between your index finger and thumb and pull it apart, it should form a string.
3.Or just lift the ladle from the sugar syrup and wait for a few seconds- it will form a string. (in the pic above- the string is not clear but hold the ladle like that and see if it forms a string - that is right stage). Switch off the flame.
Add cardamom powder, pachai karpuram, fried cashew nuts, raisins and cloves to the sugar syrup.
For Making boondi
I have already made a detailed post on how to make Kara boondi. The method is the same but the measurements are different.
Mix both bengal gram flour and rice flour, add cooking soda and a pinch of yellow color.Add water and make a batter. I added around 2 cups + 1/3 cup of water and it was perfect for me. You add water little by little carefully to get the batter consistency (see picture above).
It should neither be too thin nor thick.
It should neither be too thin nor thick.
Heat oil and pour a little batter on the boondi ladle and gently tap it. Tiny droplets of batter will fall into the hot oil. Fry till golden brown. Keep aside. Note - Do not fry it too crisp as for South Indian mixture or kara boondi. Remove it from oil a stage before that.
Repeat the process for the rest of the batter.
After the boondi cools a little, add half of it to the sugar syrup.
Put the rest of the boondi in a blender and grind it a little. Take a small mixie jar and blend it little by little only for a few seconds. ( Do not make it a paste- see the second picture above)Now add this also to the sugar syrup. Mix both well together.
Making of laddu/ladoo
Add a tbsp of ghee and make balls out of it. Yummm…. !!!!!!!! laddus are ready
Enjoy your Diwali by making these yummy laddus and also parcel it beautifully and gift to your near and dear ones.One more shot!!
If you have any doubts regarding this recipe, do leave a comment in the comment section, I will happily answer your queries as I am just a click away!
Find more Diwali recipes both sweets and snacks in the link below
Diwali Recipes
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40 comments:
Wow......The platter is worth grabbing.......Great recipe & the ladoos look perfect.
wow u have made it look really simple. this post encourages me to try my fav ladoos at home for sure :) they look totally delicious.
Boondi laddo looks delicious.
Looks awesome. Nice clicks.
Perfectly shaped mouth-watering laddoos my dear..can I come over to taste them???
wow...
looks perfect and very tempting dear :)
ladoo adipoli.tempting.
Woww they looks super prefect, well prepared..
I'm a big time fan of boondi laddoos but could never try my hands on this; thanks a ton and a ton for sharing this recipe. :)
They look perfect for sure.
Hi there- I have always struggled in the final step of rolling them into ladoos
,probably because I did not blend a portion as you have instructed - let me follow your step by step method and better get it perfect this time for diwali- advance diwali greeting to you enlightening us with new and old mouth watering recipes.
Laddu looks super good...
Nice. Recipe and wonderful presentation
Nice one...and looks perfect..
looks perfect...well presented do..thanks for sharing
I followed your steps and the ladoo came out very well. Thanks a lot.
I have one question. I made sugar syrup with string consistency. But it turned out hard when i stopped boiling it. Is that the correct way? Or Should I try by adding more water? Advice pls..
Nice to know that the laddus came out well .Once you get one string consistency, you should switch off the flame and add the boondis. You must do both simultaneously.Do not add more water .You can add 1-2 tbsp of ghee in the end to make balls or laddus.Thank you for visiting padhuskitchen
These looks just perfect. Thanks for the tip of grinding the boondis. I loved it.
suppose the boondi's becomes crispy by chance, what to do? because once i tried to make it and became flop. My MIL used to make it very nicely but did not pay much attention to it as i found it is a tedious process. still i tried once or twice and could not succeed. can you guide me in such case what to do? the right consistency of the boondi could not make it.
My brother's 25th wedding anniversary is on 21st August and would like to make "KUTTY" out of this. your early reply will be highly appreciated.
raji
Dear Raji
If the boondi becomes crisp, you cannot do anything but use it as kara boondi.You should not fry the boondi too much as you do for kara boondi. You should find the right consistency of the boondi only by tasting it and by practice.This recipe is for 47 laddus. You can half the recipe and try it.Good luck!
hi padhu,
I made it with 100 gms kadalamavu and came out well. thanks once again.
I fried the grambu and powdered it and mixed it along with cardamom powder. my mil usedto say that people will throw the grambu if we put it whole, if powder it and mix, it willgo in their stomach.
raji
hi padhu,
wow laddus look awesome n the way u teach to make it step by step is very simple this time m going to make it for Diwali.
thanks a lot for this recipe.
Yummy! I will try this for Diwali. My queries are:
1: Since the sugar syrup is most important part
in making laddu, can u please tell me how
long should I boil the syrup exactly. When
exactly should I add cardamom powder and
milk.
2: Shall I add a pinch of Saffron, to get that
delicious color in laddu, instead of lemon
yellow food color?
3: Can I avoid cloves and raisins. I hate
cloves in sweets as it always dominates the
taste.
4: Why cooking soda is required?
With regards,
Mahendra K
I cannot tell you the exact time but you have to boil the sugar syrup until it reaches 1 string consistency.I have written clearly as to what is 1 string consistency. Add cardamom powder to the sugar syrup after it is done or in the beginning.
You can add lemon yellow color
You can avoid cloves and raisins if you do not like it.It is all up to you. There are no hard and fast rules.
Cooking soda is added to give the boondi softness.
Thanks Padu for this wonderful recipe!!!! My 4.5 y/o daughter was craving for boondi laadus after watching English vinglish on Monday...and I decided to use ur recipe....I just halved the ingredients as I wanted to do it on trial basis first time...and they have turned out to be outstanding, I didn't have yellow colour but I added saffron and saffron colour too...not just my daughter but even my friends from FB want more!!! Is there any way I could share my laadu pics with u....BTW, my daughter's nick name is Laadu !!
Jayel
I feel so happy to hear this .Send the picture to me at padhusblog@gmail.com I might post it on Padhuskitchen FBpage
hi..my boondi was getting stuck to each other when i was putting in oil.. what can be done to avoid it?
Dear Uma
This happens when you add more water to the boondi batter.So next time try to reduce the water you add.
ladoos are tempting
When you say about cup measurement for milk,water and rice flour,wat size should be the cup? too much of rice flour and water may spoil the ladoo.
And I heard adding 2 drops of lemon in the syrup will keep stable the string consistency and avoids syrup going hard.Is that true?
I have tried badusha,Wheat halwa and it was so good.Your measurements are accurate and helped me a lot.Pls reply me asap and I have planned to do laddoo today.:-)
Hi Uma
I use measuring cups and spoons for all cup and spoon measurements in this blog.Refer
Measuring Cups and Spoons
You will get this in all shops which sells baking supplies and in big departmental stores.
I have not tried adding lemon juice to the sugar syrup.
Dear Padhu,
My laddoos came out very well.I am so excited:-))
Thanks a lot.will send you the ladoo photos soon.
Hi Padhu,
Happy New Year..
I tried laddoo again for new year.Some boondis in the ladoos was bit hard to munch.Overall ladoo was taste, but I am bit upset with those hard boondis.wat could be the reason?If its Overcooked, boondi shld go crispy rt,Y hard? Pls reply.
Dear Uma
Happy New year to you Uma
First kindly read the recipe 2-3 times before trying it.I have written it clearly that you should not fry the boodis till crisp.You have over cooked the boondis. This recipe has been tried by many with success. I have even posted the pictures they send in Padhuskitchen facebook page
just tried ladoos and it came very well.. but my ladoo tastes lil crunchy, guess it ll be ok after some time... otherwise shape, taste is good.. thanks for sharing.. will send a photo of tht too..
just made ladoos and it came really gud.. thanks for sharing.. will share a photo of tht.
I have a question. How many US cups exactly is in 500grams of gram flour? Some says its exactly 2 cups and some say its 2&3/4 cups which is a huge difference. So I am really confused right now and I don't want to ruin the recipe. I would really appreciate if can please tell me the exact measurement of gram flour and sugar in cups ASAP because I am dying to make these laddus.
Thank you so much for your time!
i've tried it...n my housemates like it....thanks for sharing...^_^
Thank you so much for posting this. They came out very well.Thank you ! God Bless you :)
Thank you for sharing this recipe. They came out really good - The tip to crush boondhi worked really well they came out like temple ladoos. Thanks again !
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