Motichoor Ladoo

Ingredients:

Besan – 1 Cup / 125 grams

Water – 230 Ml [Or as required to make watery batter]

Orange Food Colour –1/2 tsp

Ghee – 1/4 Tsp + For Frying

Sugar – 1 Cups + 1/4 Cup

1-2 drop- lemon juice

Cashews for garnish

Method:

Start by mixing the besan, a pinch of food color, 1/4 tsp ghee in a bowl. Add water to it little by little and make a batter.

Now let the batter rest for atleast 15-20 minutes.

The batter should become "Watery".

Heat the ghee to fry the Motichoor boondis, in a kadhai or pan.

You’ll need a Jhara for making the boondis, the finest one. 

Place  the face of jhara over the pan.

Add small amount of the watery batter. And the miniature boondis would fall into the hot ghee.

As soon as you feel all the batter has been dropped into the hot ghee, take the boondis out from the ghee instantly. 

Keep the fried boondis over a strainer.

Make the small boondis by smashing or hammering down the jhara’s handle adding a ladle full of batter to it and the boondis would fall into the super hot ghee and it’ll fry in a moment. 

Take them out and then place in the strainer. Keep taking the boondis out from the strainer and keep in a bowl so that all boondis leave the excess ghee.

After all the boondis are made, just let them rest for 10-15 minutes.

To make the syrup, add the sugar and 100 ml water in a pan. 

Add a pinch of kesar food colour and 1-2 drops of lemon juice.

Heat it and then let the sugar dissolve, and switch over to a very very low flame. You can also switch off the flame. 

Add the boondis to it and start stirring. 

Cover it and let it be like so for 5-6 minutes.

Take the mixture out from the pan into a plate and spread it so it cools faster. 

Add the cashews to it. 

Let this mixture rest for 4-5 hours then make the laddoos.

Shape these into laddus and then cover these and let them rest for some time. 4-5 hours minimum.

This helps the boondis get softer, sweeter and just like a motichoor laddoo should be.

Now garnish them with cashews (or dry fruits of your choice).

ENJOY!