Motichur ladoo is delicious, melt in mouth Indian sweet recipe we usually prepare during our festivals. basically, It is an exotic indian sweet prepared with besan florets. the florets are then soaked with sugar syrup and then it is transformed to a lemon sized balls known as laddus.
3-4drops orange food color[¼ teaspoon if using powdered color]
for boondis
oilto deep fry boondis
fine grater/strainer
for sugar syrup
1cupsugar
¼cupwater
3-4dropsorange food color[¼ teaspoon if using powdered color]
½teaspooncardamom powder
¼cupdryfruitschopped[i used cashews and pistachios here]
Instructions
to make besan batter:
in a large mixing bowl sieve besan and pinch of baking powder.
add orange food colour and give a rough mix. add milk and mix.
now add water slowly and prepare smooth flowing batter.
boondi preparation:
take fine vegetable grater/strainer.
pour prepared besan batter.
slowly tap and make sure the drops of besan fall into oil.
fry them until golden brown.take off and drain over the kitchen paper towel.
preparing sugar syrup:
in a kadai, take cup of sugar and add water. also add food color.
mix well till you attain 1 string consistency.
mothichoor laddu recipe:
add cardamom powder in prepared sugar syrup and give a good mix.
now take prepared boondi and blend 3-4 pulses in mixi to form coarse powder.
then add prepared coarsed boondi to a sugar syrup.
mix well and make sure to coat the all the boondi with sugar syrup.
add some chopped dry fruits and mix well.
cool it down.
prepare the ladoo taking a small amount of boondi.
Video
Notes
add a generous amount of food color to get rich orange color.
If you feel that after adding boondis into the syrup and still your are unable to form the ball then add a little amount milk and try to prepare ladoos.
if your grater/strainer is very fine, then you can avoid blending the boondi to coarse powder.
make sure to attain 1 string consistency of sugar syrup, else you will not be able to prepare ladoo.
grease your hands with ghee to prevent from sticking.