Ingredients:

• 2 cups – besan (chick peas flour)
• Orange food colour (optional)
• Ghee or oil, to deep fry
• 2 tbsp – Raisins
• 2 tbsp – Cashew nuts
• 1.5 cup – Sugar
• 1/2 cup – water
• 1/2 tsp – Cardamom powder

Method:

1. Mix besan with water and make a thick batter as for pakoda or bhaji.
2. Add colour (optional).
3. Heat oil or ghee till moderately hot.
4. Hold a large perforated ladle over the oil and pour some batter on it. Small drops of batter will fall into the oil and puff up like beads.
5. Fry till they are just crisp. Drain on kitchen paper.
6. Use up all the batter thus.
7. Fry the raisins, cashew nuts in the same oil or ghee and add to the boondis.
8. Mix sugar with water and prepare a two thread syrup. Add cardamom powder.
9. Add the boondi mixture and stir till the syrup coats the boondis.

Recipe courtesy of Chandra Bhatt