Diwali special sweet Boondhi Laddu

LAddu is my favourite sweet. That too motichur laddu is my all time favourite. We can do it my in home in a simple manner. It is a sweet which is made in every homes of home at diwali time.  

INGREDIENTS:

   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

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.
• 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. 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 KARA BOONDHI. 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.