Boondi

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Boondi or boondhi is a Indian snack. There are two varieties sweet and salted variant called Khara.

[edit] Ingredients

To prepare sweet boondi, Gram flour batter is made into small balls using a ladle with holes. These balls are then deep fried in vegetable oil and then dipped in sugar syrup. This variety of boondi is eaten along with payasam in South India or is used to prepare Laddu.

In preparing Khara boondi, the batter is mixed with spices and salt before frying. Khara boondi is eaten as such or is added to Indian-mixture.