Baked Bundi With Rabadi

by Tarla Dalal

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Ideal for parties.

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Preparation Time: 20 mins
Cooking Time: 45 mins
Makes 4 to 6 servings
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Ingredients

For The Sugar Syrup (for The Bundi)
3/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
2 pinches of saffron (kesar) strands

For The Bundi
3/4 cup besan (bengal gram flour)
1/2 cup water
ghee for frying

For The Rabadi
1 ltr milk
100 gms sugar

Other Ingredients
2 cardamoms (elaichi) , powdered
a few blanched almonds (badam) ,

Method
For the sugar syrup (for the bundi)

Mix the sugar and water and boil the mixture till it reaches 2 threads consistency.
Cool slightly.
Warm the saffron in a small vessel, add a little water and rub until the saffron dissolves. Add to the syrup.

For the bundi

Prepare a smooth batter with the gram flour and water.
Heat the ghee and pour the batter over a bundi jhara so that bundis drop into the hot ghee. Fry the bundis.
Put the bundis in the hot sugar syrup and allow to soak the syrup for a few minutes.

For the rabadi

Put the milk to boil with the sugar stirring continuously, until reduced to 2 cups.
Allow to cool slightly.

How to proceed

Just 15 minutes before serving, spread the bundi evenly in a baking dish.
Pour the rabadi mixture over it and sprinkle sliced almonds and cardamom powder on top.
Bake in a hot oven at 200 degree c (400 degree f) for 15 minutes.
Serve cold or hot.

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