Sweet Boondi Recipe
Sweet Boondi or Mishti Bonde is a very popular Indian sweet where small fritters made with chickpea flour is dunked in sugar syrup. It is vegan (if not fried in ghee or clarified butter), gluten-free, dairy-free, nuts-free Indian sweet dish, very popular during Indian weddings and festivals.
Servings 6 people
Calories 364kcal
Equipment
- Stove Top
- Mixing Bowl
- Frying Pan
- Perforated Ladle
Ingredients
- ½ cup Chickpea Flour or Besan
- ¼ cup Water + 2tbsp
- Baking Soda
- ¼ tsp Turmeric Powder
- ½ cup Sugar
- ¼ cup Water
- 2 Cardamom Pods
- ½ cup Refined Oil
Instructions
- Make the sugar syrup with Sugar, Water and Cardamom Pods. Wait till the sugar dissolves and get to one-string consistency. Turn off the heat and keep it aside.
- Sieve the chickpea flour or besan with a pinch of Baking Soda and Turmeric Powder. Ensure that it is lump-free
- Add the water and whisk it till everything is smooth. Keep it aside for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat the refined sunflower oil on medium heat. Ensure that you have an inch of oil in the frying pan.
- Now hold the ladle over the oil by a height of 3-4 inches. Pour a spoonful of batter on the perforated ladle. Move it in circles over the oil so that the batter drops evenly, and doesn't clump together.
- Fry them for a minute before taking them out and putting them in the prepared sugar syrup.
- In this way fry in batches till you finish the batter. Stir the boondis in the syrup so that it coats evenly.
- Let the boondis soak the syrup completely. Keep it stirring once evry hour. Allow the boondis to dry out completely so that the sugar crystallises and makes it crispy before serving.
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