Beetroot sweet boondi recipe-How to make-Step by step photos

Cuisine Style: India | Preparation & CookingTime: 15 to 20 minutes | To Serve: 5 | Type: Sweet, Festival, Diwali Sweet

Ingredients

• Gram flour [Kadalai maavu, besan] – 1 cup
• Sugar – ¾ cup
• Water – ½ cup
• Ghee – 2 tbsp
• Cloves – 2
• Green cardamom – 3 or cardamom powder – ½ tbsp
• Almonds - 3 [grated]
• Pistachios - 4 [grated]
• Salt a pinch
• Beetroot juice- as needed
• Oil or ghee for deep frying

Preparation

• Heat ghee in a pan roast almonds & pistachios & keep it aside.
• In a bowl add gram flour, add pinch of salt then add beetroot to make it flowing consistency batter (Not too much watery)
• Heat water & sugar (1: ½) in a pan let it boil till one / half string consistency [arai kambi padham] then cut off heat.
• Add cardamom & two tbsp of ghee.
• Heat oil or ghee in a pan Hold boondi ladle over the oil pour one ladle full of batter over the boondi ladle then gently scratch with the ladle.
• Deep fry till crisp on medium heat.
• Once its ready take it out & drain on absorbent paper.
• Add fried boondi, cloves to the warm sugar syrup & gently mix.
• Leave it for 2 min then again gently mix (So that the boondhi absorb the sugar syrup completely)
• Finally add grated amonds & pistachios.
• Then let it cool & store it in an airtight container use within 5 days

How To Make Beet Sweet Boondi - Step by Step Photos

Grate half beetroot

Add grated beetroot in a mixer jar

Add water then finely grind

Drain beetroot juice

Squeeze extract beetroot juice

In a bowl add gram flour, salt mix well

Add beet juice mix well

Beetroot boondi batter is ready

Boondi ladle

For sugar syrup add 1 cup sugar

Add water cardamom pods, cook till one string consistency

Sugar syrup is ready cut off heat

Heat oil hold bbondi ladle over the pan, pour beet gram flour batter, shake & deep fry

Deep fry beet boondis till crisp

Put fried beetroot boondis into sugar syrup, mix gently, leave it for 5 min

Crispy beetroot boondi is ready, boondi absorbed all the sugar syrup, store in an airtight container

Ghee roast cashews, kismiss till golden brown, chop & add

Crispy sweet beet boondi with nuts