Cook sugar with three cups of water to make syrup of one thread consistency. Add milk and when the scum rises to the top, remove and pistachios in one cup of hot water for five minutes. Drain, peel and cut into slivers. Make a thin batter of besan with three cups of water (pouring consistency). Add colour as desired.
Heat sufficient ghee in a kadai. Hold a perforated spoon over the hot ghee, pour a little batter over it and pass the batter through it fast into the kadai to using a slotted spoon, drain thoroughly and put into the syrup.
When the boondis have absorbed all the syrup add cardamom seeds and mix gently. Divide into twenty-five portions and shape each into a laddoo. Garnish with slivers of pistachios or almonds. Cool and store. These laddoos do not stay for long and therefore should be consumed fast. |
