Sweet Pretzels Recipe - Bhonge Ladoo
A vegetarian Maharashtrian Recipes recipe with -/4 wheat bran - plus 2 tablespoons, salt - to taste, jaggery. Ready in 1h 10m, serves 5.
Curated bySachin Deshmukh🇮🇳
Instructions
21 steps- 1
To begin making the Sweet Pretzels Recipe, prepare the dough for the pretzels first
- 2
In a big mixing bowl, add the wheat bran, about 4 teaspoons of cooking oil, and salt
-/4 wheat bran - plus 2 tablespoons(1 cup)salt - to taste - 3
Add about 1/3 cup of water (add little by little), prepare a tight and pliable dough, kneading well for about 4 to 5 minutes
-/3 water - divided(1 cup) - 4
Keep this dough aside for 30 minutes, brushed lightly with oiled fingers
- 5
Cover the dough with a moist cloth or plate while it is resting
- 6
Take small portions of dough and roll them in about 5 inch long cylindrical shapes
- 7
Give it desired shape (here I have given pretzels type shape)
- 8
Keep these pretzels in open plate for roughly one hour
- 9
(You can also keep it in sun)Heat sufficient cooking oil in a kadai; once it is hot, add each pretzel carefully and fry in batches till they crisp up
- 10
*For Jaggery Syrup:Lightly toast 2 table spoons of that extra wheat bran for some time in a pan
-/4 wheat bran - plus 2 tablespoons(1 cup)jaggery(1 cup) - 11
Keep aside
- 12
Lightly toast sesame seeds till browning a bit and keep aside
tablespoons sesame seeds (til seeds)(2) - 13
Make syrup by boiling together 1 cup of Jaggery and 1 cup of water for 8-10 minutes
jaggery(1 cup)-/3 water - divided(1 cup) - 14
After a while when the syrup is still warm, add toasted wheat bran and sesame seeds to it
-/4 wheat bran - plus 2 tablespoons(1 cup)tablespoons sesame seeds (til seeds)(2) - 15
Mix well
- 16
This thickens the syrup a bit
- 17
*For Assembling:Assemble the fried pretzels in shallow container
- 18
Pour jaggery syrup over it and let it sit in it for 2-3 hours
jaggery(1 cup) - 19
This makes the pretzels soak the syrup and make them nice and sweet
- 21
Garnish with more toasted sesame seeds before serving
tablespoons sesame seeds (til seeds)(2) - 22
Serve Sweet Pretzels Recipe or Bhonde Ladoo as a sweet evening snack with Masala Chai Recipe or as a dessert aftre your everyday meals
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Sweet Pretzels Recipe - Bhonge Ladoo
A vegetarian Maharashtrian Recipes recipe with -/4 wheat bran - plus 2 tablespoons, salt - to taste, jaggery. Ready in 1h 10m, serves 5.
Curated bySachin Deshmukh🇮🇳
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Directions
21 steps- 1
To begin making the Sweet Pretzels Recipe, prepare the dough for the pretzels first
- 2
In a big mixing bowl, add the wheat bran, about 4 teaspoons of cooking oil, and salt
-/4 wheat bran - plus 2 tablespoons(1 cup)salt - to taste - 3
Add about 1/3 cup of water (add little by little), prepare a tight and pliable dough, kneading well for about 4 to 5 minutes
-/3 water - divided(1 cup) - 4
Keep this dough aside for 30 minutes, brushed lightly with oiled fingers
- 5
Cover the dough with a moist cloth or plate while it is resting
- 6
Take small portions of dough and roll them in about 5 inch long cylindrical shapes
- 7
Give it desired shape (here I have given pretzels type shape)
- 8
Keep these pretzels in open plate for roughly one hour
- 9
(You can also keep it in sun)Heat sufficient cooking oil in a kadai; once it is hot, add each pretzel carefully and fry in batches till they crisp up
- 10
*For Jaggery Syrup:Lightly toast 2 table spoons of that extra wheat bran for some time in a pan
-/4 wheat bran - plus 2 tablespoons(1 cup)jaggery(1 cup) - 11
Keep aside
- 12
Lightly toast sesame seeds till browning a bit and keep aside
tablespoons sesame seeds (til seeds)(2) - 13
Make syrup by boiling together 1 cup of Jaggery and 1 cup of water for 8-10 minutes
jaggery(1 cup)-/3 water - divided(1 cup) - 14
After a while when the syrup is still warm, add toasted wheat bran and sesame seeds to it
-/4 wheat bran - plus 2 tablespoons(1 cup)tablespoons sesame seeds (til seeds)(2) - 15
Mix well
- 16
This thickens the syrup a bit
- 17
*For Assembling:Assemble the fried pretzels in shallow container
- 18
Pour jaggery syrup over it and let it sit in it for 2-3 hours
jaggery(1 cup) - 19
This makes the pretzels soak the syrup and make them nice and sweet
- 21
Garnish with more toasted sesame seeds before serving
tablespoons sesame seeds (til seeds)(2) - 22
Serve Sweet Pretzels Recipe or Bhonde Ladoo as a sweet evening snack with Masala Chai Recipe or as a dessert aftre your everyday meals
Rate this recipe
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