BESAN LADDOO

BESAN LADOO

 

 

Besan laddoo prepared using butter

 

 



Besan laddoo is a popular Indian sweet dish made of Besan (chickpea flour or gram flour), sugar and ghee. It is a simple and easy sweet to prepare and can be stored for 2 to 3 days if kept in an airtight container.This recipe makes around 15 laddoos.

 

 

Ingredients:



• Besan/gram flour - 1.5 cups
• Sugar (fine powdered) - 3/4 cup
• Cardamom - 4 to 5
• Cashews (broken) -  few pieces
• Unsalted butter (melted) - 3/4 cup
• Ghee - 2 spoons (if needed)
• Salt - 1 pinch

 

Method:

 

1. Grind sugar and cardamom to make a fine powder and keep aside.
2. In a thick bottomed kadai, take a spoon of ghee and fry the cashews till they turn golden brown and keep aside.
3. Then add some unsalted melted butter to the kadai and immediately add besan and start frying it until the besan turns a little brown in colour and gets a nice fragrance. This takes around 10 to 12 minutes and then bring it off from the heat.
4. To this add powered sugar and cardamom and the fried cashews and a pinch of salt (to enchance the sweet flavour) and mix well.
5. Once the mixture is cooled down a little (it must be just warm enough to make laddoos), start making laddoos. you can add a teaspoon of ghee if the mixture seems dry. But try making the first laddoo before adding that extra spoon of ghee as you'll know the texture only when  youbstart  making the laddoo as excess ghee/butter sticks onto your hand while rolling the laddoo.
6. Annnnnnd its ready to serve !!! Delicious and yummy !