Chaitra Navratri Festival 2018 - Special Bhog For Day 3 Of Navratri

On Day 3 of Navratri, Maa Chandraghanta is worshipped. She is the bestower of peace and serenity. She showers Supreme bliss and knowledge on her devotees. She is the third form of ‘Maa Durga' whom we worship throughout the nine days of Navratri. Maa Chandraghanta carries an aural serenity. Maa Chandraghanta got her name so because she has a ‘Chandra' – a moon on her forehead which appears as a ‘ghanta' – a bell. The sound of the bell wards off evil spirits from her devotees.

# Sweet Boondi

Ingredients:

Gram flour – 1 cup.
Cardamom powder – ¼ tsp.
Sugar – ½ cup
Water – 1 cup
Ghee or oil – to deep fry
Almonds – 6-8 pieces (chopped to garnish)
Milk – 1 tsp.
Perforated spoon/vessel – As per the frying pan (min. 3-5 inches diameter)

Method

* Boil water in a vessel, add sugar to make syrup.

* Add 1 tsp. of milk to the syrup, this will clarify and scum the syrup.

* Remove that scum and boil the syrup until you find thin syrup.

* Don’t cool the syrup, keep it warm.

* On other hand add a little water to the gram flour and make the batter.

* Make sure it’s not too thick and too think. Again its consistency should be in a way that it flows from the perforated spoon when external pressures are used.

* Heat ghee or oil and pour little batter over the perforated spoon.

* Tap gently at the edge of the spoon so that small droplets of batter fall in the oil.

* Fry boondi until they attain golden brown (not crispy).

* Using other perforated spoon remove the fried boondi from oil and transfer them into the sugar syrup.

* Keep them in syrup until they absorb syrup i.e – 2-3 minutes.

* Drain sugar syrup and spread on a wide plate.

* Sprinkle cardamom powder and almonds over it.

Natural colors (Not mandatory)