Navratri 2022 recipes: Make Almond Goji Berry Boondi Laddoo and Rose Kheer at home

ALMOND AND GOJI BERRY BOONDI LADDOO RECIPE

Serves: 4 people (2 Boondi laddoo each)

Ingredients Quantity
For ladoo batter
Besan 1 ½ cup
Water 1 cup
Cardamom powder ½ tsp
Roasted Almond slivers ¼ cup
Goji berry 3 tbsp
Ghee ¾ tbsp.
Sunflower oil for deep frying
For the Sugar Syrup
Sugar 1 ½ cup
Water ¾ cup
Saffron strands a pinch

METHOD:

● Take sugar, saffron strands and water in a pan, and put it over low flame. Cook the syrup till a single
string consistency is achieved. Keep the sugar syrup hot.
● Heat oil in a heavy-bottomed pan.
● Mix besan, and cardamom powder together and add water to it to form a batter.
● To check the consistency of the boondi batter drop a few droplets of the better in hot oil, if it
becomes flat, the batter is thin and if it has peaks, the batter is thick.
● To make the batter thick add some more besan and to make the batter thin add some water.
● To make boondis, hold a perforated ladle over hot oil, using a spoon spread the boondi batter over
the perforated spoon; make sure that the perforated spoon and the pandon’t have much height
between them or else the boondis will not be round.
● Do not over-fry the boondis and do not crisp them.
● Remove them from oil once the oil stops to sizzle and put it in the sugar syrup. Strain the boondis
from the syrup.
● Mix the boondis with almond slivers and goji berries and add around a tbsp of ghee for the binding.
● Make golf-sized roundels and shape them. Use ghee so the mixture does not stick on hands. 

ALMOND ROSE KHEER RECIPE

Serves: 4-5

Ingredients Quantity

● Full-fat milk 2ltr
● Gobindo bhog rice 120 gm
(or any other rice available)
● Grain sugar 40 gm
● Rose water 3-4 drops
● Dried rose petals 10 gm
● Almonds 100 gm
● Almond Slivers 25 gms

METHOD

● Soak the rice in water for about 20 mins.
● Heat milk in a heavy bottom pan, after a boil, reduce the heat and simmer till the milk is reduced to
half the original volume.
● Add the soaked rice, after draining the water and cook on low heat till rice is cooked well and
the mix thickens.
● Add chopped almonds and cook for further 15 mins on low heat till the kheer is thick and
creamy, add sugar.
● Set aside to cool. Once cool add rose water and mix. Refrigerate till serving
● Roast some almond slivers in an oven for 180 deg for 5 mins, until golden brown. Garnish with slivers and dried rose petals before serving.

NUTRITION VALUE:

Make these yummy Navratri recipes at home and enjoy the festival with your friends and family.

Happy Navratri and Durga Puja to all!