Boondi Laddoo

Ingredients :
2 cups besan/gram flour
1 tbsp semolina
1 tbsp rice flour
1 tsp baking soda
A pinch of yellow food colour
1 tbsp ghee
Water to prepare batter
Oil to deep fry

  For sugar syrup:
     2 cups sugar
     Half cup water
     2 tbsp lemon juice
     1 tbsp cardamom powder
     Half cup chopped nuts (cashews and almonds)
     2 tbsp raisins
     Half cup warm milk

Method:

• Sieve the besan and remove in a large bowl. 
• Add the semolina, baking soda, rice flour and food colour. Mix well
• Add ghee and water and make a smooth and lump free batter
• To make the sugar syrup, heat sugar and water in a sauce pan and boil it till you get one string consistency
• Switch off the flame and add lemon juice and cardamom powder.
• Heat oil in a large pan. Pour 1/4 cup of batter on a slotted spoon and tap it to release boondis into hot oil. Do not overcrowd the pan. Fry the boondis for just 2 minutes. Do not make it crisp.
• Repeat the process for the rest of the batter. 
• Mix all the fried boondis in the sugar syrup. Add the nuts and raisins. Now add the milk and mix well
• Make laddoos when the mixture is warm enough to handle.