Boondi is an Indian snack made from fried
chickpea flour. It is either eaten as a savory snack or sweetened as a dessert.
West Bengal
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's
Kamarpukur Sada Bonde awarded
GI tag
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.
In
Sindh
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and
Rajasthan
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, the dish is called ''nukti'' (,
Dhatki: نڪتي , नुक्ती). In
Nepali,
Bhojpuri Region
Bhojpur is a ethnolinguistic and cultural area in the Indian subcontinent where the Bhojpuri language is spoken as a mother tongue. The Bhojpuri region encompasses parts of the Indian states of Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, and Jharkhand, and the Madhe ...
and
Bihar
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it is referred to as ''buniya/bundiya'' (बुनिया/बुंदिया). In
Bengal
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, it is called bonde/''budiya'' (বোঁদে/বুদিয়া).
Preparation
To make the sweetened boondi, chickpea flour, baking powder, and food color are mixed into a batter. A slotted spoon is used to pour small drops into a deep frying pan. The boondi is then soaked in sugar syrup.
Variations
*Boondi is popularly used to prepare
raita
Raita is a side dish and condiment in Indian cuisine made of dahi (curd), dahi (yogurt, often referred to as curd) together with raw or cooked vegetables, fruit, or, in the case of boondi raita, with fried droplets of batter made from besan (ch ...
in
North India
North India is a geographical region, loosely defined as a cultural region comprising the northern part of India (or historically, the Indian subcontinent) wherein Indo-Aryans (speaking Indo-Aryan languages) form the prominent majority populati ...
. ''Boondi raita'' typically contains curd (plain
yoghurt
Yogurt (; , from , ; also spelled yoghurt, yogourt or yoghourt) is a food produced by bacterial fermentation of milk. Fermentation of sugars in the milk by these bacteria produces lactic acid, which acts on milk protein to give yogurt its tex ...
), boondi (which has been soaked in water to make it soft, then sieved) and seasonings of salt,
chilli, and other spices. It is eaten as a side dish with
pulao or any other meal.
*To make boondi
laddu
''Laddu'' or ''laddoo'' is a spherical sweet from the Indian subcontinent made of various ingredients and sugar syrup or jaggery. It has been described as "perhaps the most universal and ancient of Indian sweets."
''Laddus'' are often serv ...
, fried boondi is dipped in
sugar syrup and compacted into a ball. It can be garnished with nuts and raisins.
*Khara or kara boondi (spicy savory boondi) is made by adding
chili powder
Chili powder (also spelled chile, chilli, or, alternatively, powdered chili) is the dried, pulverized fruit of one or more varieties of chili pepper, sometimes with the addition of other spices (in which case it is also sometimes known as chili p ...
, salt,
turmeric
Turmeric (), or ''Curcuma longa'' (), is a flowering plant in the ginger family Zingiberaceae. It is a perennial, rhizomatous, herbaceous plant native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia that requires temperatures between and high ...
powder to the boondi batter and deep fried in oil, khara or kara boondi is eaten by itself or is added to
Bombay mix. Crushed
curry leaves, roasted peanuts, roasted cashew are added.
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See also
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Moti pak
References
External links
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Indian snack foods
Indian fast food
Deep fried foods
Rajasthani cuisine
Chickpea dishes
Sindhi cuisine
Bengali desserts
Bangladeshi desserts
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