Traditional recipes for Ganesh Chaturthi | ||
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Ganpati Bappa Morya! So Bappa has finally arrived, giving us enough reasons to gather and celebrate. Delicious food prepared on this day adds to the cheerful atmosphere at home along with the decorations and aarti. Lets' see what our STAR Plus families are preparing for lord Ganesha this year. |
Ingredients: Besan – 1 cup, Water to make the batter – 2 tsp approx. ( it should be flowing consistency), Sugar – 1 cup, Water for sugar syrup – 1 cup, Kesar – few strings, Cardamom powder – tsp, Food Colour – Orange and Green, Oil for deep-frying the Bundis
Method: Besan Batter -Take a big bowl and mix besan with water, ensure no lumps are formed into the besan batter and keep stirring. Take 2 separate small bowls and make similar batter from besan with just 1 tablespoon besan in each small bowl and add a pinch of orange and green colour to this mixture.
For the Sugar Syrup -Take a thick bottom pan and add water and sugar to it and heat this on medium to low flame to form one thread consistency sugar syrup. Add Kesar to this liquid.
Take a kadhai and heat the oil in it for frying the bundis. For Deep Frying the Bundi's -Take the besan batter and pour it over a sieve with round holes and tap it gently with a spoon so that small balls of besan fall into the oil. Keep the sieve low and not too high above the kadhai else perfect balls won't be formed. Repeat the process for the colour bundis. Now pour the bundis into the sugar syrup and mix well. Add in the cardamom powder to the fried bundis mixture and stir well. Let it cool for few seconds.
For making the Ladoos -Wet your palms nicely and start making the ladoos by pressing one or two tablespoon bundi in your palms to form a ball. The mixture needs to be still hot and if it cools the balls won't be formed. Keep using the water by wetting your palms nicely to form each ladoo. Serve these delicious colourful ladoos.
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