This festive season surprise your family with this easy Sweet Boondi recipe and add sweetness to your celebrations!

Sweet Boondi is a super easy and quick-to-make dessert recipe. The main ingredients used to prepare this recipe are gram flour, saffron, almonds, green cardamom, ghee and sugar. It is a traditional Indian mithai which is usually made during festivals like Raksha Bandhan, Dusshera and Diwali. It is a must-try recipe for all those who have a thing for sweet dishes and desserts. Sweet Boondi would be loved by adults and kids alike. Enjoy!

How to make Sweet Boondi

Step 1 – Prepare sugar syrup

Combine the sugar and 1 1/2 cup of water in a broad non-stick pan, mix well and cook on a high flame for about 5-7 minutes or till the sugar syrup is of 1 thread consistency. Once sugar is dissolved completely and the syrup becomes a little sticky, put off the flame and keep aside.

Step 2 – Prepare the boondi batter

Sieve gram flour in a vessel and occasionally add water to it. Add saffron, soaked in 1 tablespoon of water. Make sure that the batter doesn’t get too thin and no lumps are formed. Now heat ghee in a pan over medium flame, hold a perforated spoon a little above the hot ghee and pour some gram flour batter on the spoon. Allow small droplets to fall in the ghee by tapping the edge of the spoon lightly.

Step 3 – Deep fry the boondis

Stir and deep fry the boondis in the ghee gently and fry till crisp but not brown. Take out the boondi on a clean kitchen towel or paper towel to drain off the excess oil. Now put the boondi in the sugar syrup and keep it for 5 minutes before taking out from the syrup.

Step 4 – Garnish with nuts and cardamom powder

Chop the almonds using a knife and make a smooth powder of cardamom by grinding. Keep them aside in separate bowls. Take a wide plate and spread the boondis on it, garnish it by adding cardamom powder and chopped almonds and mix gently. (optional)

Step 5 – Allow the boondis to cool down

Allow to cool completely and loosen the boondi with a finger till each droplet separates. Boondi can be eaten fresh or can be stored in an airtight container to serve later. Do try this recipe, rate it and let us know how it turned out to be.

Ingredients of Sweet Boondi

• 10 Servings
• 1 1/2 cup gram flour (besan)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 pinches saffron
• 1 1/2 cup water
• 2 cup ghee
• For Garnishing
• 1/2 teaspoon green cardamom
• 8 almonds