Motichoor Ladoo

Soft, melt-in-the-mouth sweet balls made from tiny golden boondis soaked in fragrant sugar syrup.

Ingredients

1. 1/3 cup milk
2. 1 tbsp pistachios
3. Few drops orange colour
4. Pure ghee for frying
5. 1 tbsp raisins
6. A pinch baking powder
7. 1/2 kg sugar
8. 1/2 kg bengal gram flour

Instructions

1. Prepare the Batter

   • Sieve gram flour with baking powder to combine evenly.
   • Add 2 tbsp melted ghee and enough water to form a thick batter.

2. Fry the Boondis

   • Heat ghee in a kadhai.
   • Hold a perforated spoon over the hot ghee and rub the batter on it so droplets fall into the ghee.
   • Tap the spoon gently on the rim of the kadhai to release the batter.
   • Fry the boondis until golden brown and set aside.

3. Make the Sugar Syrup

   • Prepare a three-string consistency syrup with sugar.
   • Add orange colour to the syrup.

4. Mix and Shape

   • Add fried boondis to the syrup.
   • Mix in raisins and chopped pistachios.
   • When slightly cool, shape into ladoos using lightly greased hands.