KARA BOONDI / KARA BOONDHI RECIPE

INGREDIENTS:
1.  Besan flour / kadalaimaavu - 1 cup
2.  Rice flour - 1 cup
3.  Cashews - 3- 4
4.  Pistachios - 3- 4
5.  Peanuts - 2 tablespoon
6.  Curry leaves
7.  Asafoetida / perungayam a pinch
8.  Food colour a pinch
9.  Turmeric powder a pinch
10.Chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
11.Salt to taste
12.Cooking oil - 1 cup
13.Ghee - 1 tablespoon

METHOD: 
1.  Take a bowl and mix the besan flour, rice flour. ghee, asafoetida, salt, food colour, turmeric powder and chilli powder with little water like a idly batter.

2.   Now take a pan keep on a flame when it gets hot pour the oil and pour the batter in the perforated laddle and fry them in oil.

3.  Take out the boondi's and drain the excess oil.

4.  Fry the peanuts, cashews, pistachios and curry leaves in the oil and mix them with  boondi.

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SWEET BOONDHI/ SWEET BOONDI RECIPE

INGREDIENTS:
1.  Besan flour ( kadalai maavu) - 1 cup
2.  Sugar - 1 cup
3.  Cashews and pistachios - 3- 4
4.  Cardamom powder - 1/2 teaspoon
5.  Cooking oil/ ghee - 1/4 kg
6.  Water - 1/2 cup

METHOD:
1.  Mix besan flour and water together like a idly batter.

2.  Boil the sugar and water in a pan. When they become thick and sticky the sugar syrup is ready.Switch off the flame and keep it aside.

3.  Fry the cashews and pistachios in ghee and keep them aside.

4.  Now take a pan pour the ghee and when they gets hot pour the batter in a large perforated spoon like this.

5.  Fry them in oil till crispy in a low flame.

6.  Take out the boondi and remove the excess oil.

7.  Spread the boondhis is a wide plate and add the cardomom powder,cashews, pistachios and mix them gently till each droplets seperates.

8.  Now put the boondi in a sugar syrup mix well and serve after 1/2 an hour.

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