Motichoor Ke Laddoo

Motichoor Ke Laddoo

Motichoor ke Laddoo is a very delicious festive sweet made from fine Boondi. Motichur ke Laddoo is made from fine, tiny balls of besan sweetened with sugar syrup.

This melt-in-the-mouth Indian delicacy Laddoo is derived from a Sanskrit word 'Ladduka' that means  'a sweet ball'. The word 'Moti'  in Hindi means  'pearls' and 'Choor' means “crushed“.  If we rephrase it in English ,Motichoor Laddoo is termed as “Crushed Pearl Balls” .  It is actually made by binding fine pearls of Boondi.

Motichoor ke Laddoo is one of the most loved traditional sweets of India. Be it any joyous occasion, festival or any puja-festival, the sweet that everyone likes the most is none other than Motichoor ke Laddoo. As we all know, Lord Ganesha is the first to be worshiped. Motichoor ke Laddoos are offered to Ganapati Bappa on various occasions.

Today, I am going to share the recipe of Motichoor ke Laddoo. Try once, I bet you will forget to buy it from the market.

**********Recipe*********

Ingredients:

For Boondi:

Besan/Gram flour (thick): a cup

Saffron Food Color (a pinch)

Ghee: 1 teaspoon

Water: 235 ml

For Sugar Syrup:

Sugar: 180 grams

Water: 90 ml

Lemon juice: one to two drops

Saffron Food Color: A Pinch

Rose water: 1/4 tsp

Ghee for deep frying

Green Cardamom Powder: 1/4 tsp

Muskmelon seeds: 2 tsp

Method:

Step 1) 

Add food color and mix ghee in Besan. Add water slowly while stirring. There should be no lumps. After adding 200 ml of water, keep it for 15-20 minutes. Besan gets thickened. Now add the remaining 35 ml of water as well. Mix well. The consistency of  batter must be of thinner side, a pouring consistency.

Step 2) 

Take a very fine 'Jhara' / pierced ladle. Heat the ghee in the pan. Add the batter to the hot ghee by pouring over pierced ladle. It will come out as fine drops of besan called Boondi.  As soon as you pour Boondi in ghee, you have to remove the Boondi with the help of another pierced ladle simultaneously.

Place the Boondi on a perforated sieve to remove excess ghee. Let it cool down a bit. Keep aside for 15-20 minutes,

Make sugar syrup in the meantime.

Step 3) 

Sugar Syrup: To make sugar syrup, add sugar and water to the gas. Mix food color, rose water and lemon juice. Stir and cook till sugar dissolves. Remove from gas when it comes to a boil.

Step 4) 

Add  Boondi in the sugar syrup with flame off. Mix it well.  Cook on sim flame now.  It will take about 2–4 minutes to cook the mixture.  When the mixture starts leaving the surface, switch off the flame.

Step 5)

Cover the mixture for 5 minutes. Spread it on a plate, mix muskmelon seeds and green cardamom powder in it. When cooled slightly, bind Laddoos.

Step 6)

Motichoor ke Laddoos are ready. But wait, you should eat them only after four-five hours. The sugar syrup gets fully absorbed by the Boondi.

Enjoy the delicacy, It will melt in your mouth.

Motichoor Ke Laddoo

Notes:

1) Boondi of Motichoor ladoos is made very fine and tiny in size for which you need a 'Jhara'.

Jhara is a kind of a ladle (usually made with iron or other metal) with very fine holes. You need the one with tiniest holes for this recipe.

They come in different 'hole numbers' like you need number 0 for motichoor ladoo. The bigger the hole number, the bigger are the holes and the bigger your boondi will be.

2) To make Boondi, the batter must be of thin pouring consistency.

3) To make Boondi, heat the ghee and pour batter while it is hot. Boondi is needed  to be removed as soon as you add it in ghee.

The main focus is that Boondi should neither overcooked nor undercooked. If it is undercooked then you will feel the taste of raw gram flour and if overcooked Laddoos will become crispy.

4) Consume it only  after few hours of making Laddoos. This is the time when Boondi soaks sugar syrup.

5) Serving: 16-20 Laddoos (medium size)

Motichoor Ke Laddoo

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