Meethi Boondi or Sweet Bundi are petite sugar-coated gram flour balls. This delicious, mouthwatering recipe is a treat your whole family. Now how can you resist such a yummy treat?
Making homemade meethi boondi or sweet bundi is easier than you think! Though it looks like a tedious work but believe me its not. With a perfect coat of sweetness, these boondis are crunchy yet soft to munch making it a perfect festival treat!!
Meethi boondi or sweet bundi is a popular prasad (offering) distributed on Tuesdays after a temple visit. Growing up, this was my favorite sweet and the love for sweet boondi still continues. I am and have been a sweet boondi lover through and through.
Still remember how we rushed to grab that small brown bag when mom returned from the temple and it was all gone in one go. Brings back so many childhood memories. 🙂 Well now we can enjoy this mouthwatering meethi boondi or sweet bundi at home.
Now on to the recipe!
It’s a pretty straightforward recipe. The consistency of the batter is the key thing in this recipe. Please follow these simple tricks-
- Batter should be of dropping consistency – neither too thick nor too thin.
- Check oil before adding the boondi.
- Hold the strainer above the kadhai/frying pan as this will result into small round boondis.
- Even if you get some sticky boondi lumps in the oil – no worries fry until crisp and once sugar is added, you can break them apart.
- Do not over fry the boondis as they may result into discoloration.
Sugar Syrup!
Sugar syrup should be of one-string consistency. Check by taking a drop of sugar syrup in between your fingers and if it forms a thick string between your fingers without breaking – sugar syrup is ready to use.
Please follow this link on how to make Chashni.
Once boondis are added to the sugar syrup they will become sticky and look like a spread of sugar candy- all gooey and soft. No worries; allow it to cool completely and when sugar crystallizes, mix with a spoon and they will separate.
Now who can resist the power of a huge batch of these sweet boondis. They are so addicting and I bet you can’t eat just one! If you happen to make these then either drop me a line below or share your yum pictures with me on Facebook. Would love to see your creation!
Cheers!
Also try out our Motichoor ladoo recipe.
Meethi Boondi or Sweet Bundi
INGREDIENTS
PLAIN BOONDI
- 1 cup Besan (Chickpea flour)
- A pinch of Baking powder
- 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoon Milk
COLORED BOONDI
- 1 cup Besan (Chickpea flour)
- A pinch of Baking powder
- 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoon Milk
- A pinch of Any food color – Red
- Oil for Frying
FOR SUGAR SYRUP
- 1-1/2 cup Sugar
- 3/4 cup Water
GARNISHING
- 1 teaspoon Sunflower seeds
- A pinch of Saffron strands
INSTRUCTIONS
BOONDI PREPARATION
- Assemble all the ingredients.
- In a bowl, combine besan with baking powder and milk. Whisk it well.
- Batter should be of dropping consistency. Feel free to add or subtract milk in order to adjust batter consistency.
- If making colored boondi, then prepare its batter in a separate bowl.
- Find a strainer that has bigger holes than the regular one.
- Heat oil in a kadhai. Check oil before frying, drop a pea size batter in the hot oil.
- If floats right back up, means your oil is ready for frying.
- Hold the strainer right above the kadhai, neither too low, nor too high.
- Pour batter through the strainer..
- And keep spreading in a circular motion…
- Till all the batter is strained through. You can see small drops of boondi floating in hot oil.
- Fry until crisp. Do not over fry boondi.
- Once crisp remove from oil..
- Drain them on a paper towel to remove excess oil.
- Repeat the process with rest of the batter.
- And fry them the same way.
- Boondis are ready.
MAKING SUGAR SYRUP
- Prepare sugar syrup by combining sugar and water and bring it to a boil. Boil till it is reduced in quantity and has reached its one string consistency. It will take 5-7 minutes to reach one string consistency.
- Check its consistency – take some liquid on the back of a spoon and if it coats the spoon without dripping means sugar syrup is ready. Other way would be to take some cooled off sugar syrup in between your fingers, press and now open your fingers, if it forms a thick string between your fingers without breaking – sugar syrup is ready to use.
- Take it off the flame. Drop the fried boondis into the hot syrup.
- Add saffron strands..
- And sunflower seeds.
- Gently toss them around and mix until boondis are well coated in sugar syrup.
- They will stick to each other and look like a large lump of sugar candy.
- No worries. Allow it to cool completely.
- Once cooled boondis will be beautifully coated with sugar .
- Irresistibly yum sweet boondis are ready.
- Store it in an airtight container and it’s good for 1 week.
Teja says
Hi Ruchi,
Just saw your blog now and I was amazed to see your explanation.You know , I today made boondi laddos from instant boondis.But it was very very very sweet and salty too.Is there any trick to reduce the sugar content or is there any other trick to break these ladoos and mix into other snacks.?
Thanks
Ruchi says
Thank you, Teja!
You can use leftover sweet boondi in many ways. Either make –
1. Boondi kheer
2. Boondi rabdi
3. Boondi halwa with wheat flour
4. Sweet boondi paratha.
Hope this helps!
Sonal says
Loved the recipe Di!
Ruchi says
Thanks sweetheart. 💕
Eshani says
It’s my favorite sweet n I m going 2 try this recipe soon..
Ruchi says
Thanks Eshani. 🙂
Shanaya says
This was just amazing! Great presentation indeed…
RK says
Thanks Shanaya. 🙂
Shalini says
Very nice blog, i like urad dal pinni, which i was searching a lot.Thanks for sharing stepwise with crystal clear pics..
RK says
Welcome to the blog Shalini! That’s good to know that you found something of your liking. Keep checking back for more. 🙂
Shreya says
Looks so great in picture. Planning to make this for Ganesh Chaturthi, just a quick question. How can I add green color to these boondi along with other colors that you have added? Thanks Ruchi lovely collection.
RK says
You are welcome Shreya! Please refer to the recipe to learn more about adding food coloring to the boondis. Thanks for stopping by and if possible share your experience with me.
Gudiya says
Looks so tempting and mouth watering. I am going to try out pretty soon. Your step photography is making me feeling inspired. Love your site and above all your pictures. They are vibrant and truly colorful. Thanks for sharing.
RK says
Thanks for your kind words Gudiya. Glad to hear that you liked the blog. Give it a try and if possible share your experience with me. 🙂
Bhuvi says
WOW! I’m following ur recipes since a long time and every time I’m impressed. Love the color combinations. Colors just explode on the screen. Very colorful and beautiful clicks. So tempted to see this looks like I will be making this pretty soon.
RK says
Thanks Bhuvi for such a wonderful feedback! Glad you liked the site!
Chitra says
Love these, used to have these in my neighbors house when i was a kid. Gave it a try Ruchi, came out incredible. Have no words to thank you. It was perfect for a first time. 🙂 thank you so much for your wonderful collection.
RK says
You are welcome Chitra. These are my favorite too. Glad you liked the recipe and thanks for stopping by 🙂