Motichoor Ladoo are soft, delish and melt in the mouth. These ladoo made mainly with gram flour, ghee and sugar. A popular sweet from North India, often made during festivals or celebrations, especially for Lord Ganesha during Vinayaka Chaturthi.
1: Make a smooth flowing batter of the gram flour and water.
2: Heat ghee for deep frying in a pan.
3: Take a spoon and position it above the ghee, allowing the batter to slowly fall into the hot ghee.
4: Fry the boondi till they become golden and remove them carefully.
5: In a pan, add sugar and water for the syrup and cook until it becomes sticky.
6: Add cardamom powder and saffron color to the sugar syrup and mix properly before switching off the flame.
7: In a food processor, grind the boondi coarsely.
8: Add the ground boondi into the sugar syrup and stir well.
9: Cook on low heat until it starts to leave the pan.
10: Add the melon seeds and mix well.
11: Shape the mixture into ladoos with your palm.
12: Optionally garnish the ladoos with more melon seeds or pistachios.
