Add sugar, cardamom powder and 1 cups of water in pan and boil it. Keep stirring for few minutes and remove from flame. No need for string consistency. Add lemon juice and keep this sugar syrup ready.

Sift milk powder, maida and baking powder together in a mixing bowl. Now milk and combine to form a sticky soft dough.

Make smooth, equal size balls from this dough.

Heat oil in frying pan and keep it on low flame. Add few balls at a time and deep fry till golden brown in colour. Drain excess oil and drop into the sugar syrup.

Heat the sugar syrup once and soak for 2 hours before serving. Serve it warm garnished with crushed pistachios or you can even serve it with some ice-cream.