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Besan Ladoo Recipe

Popular Indian Sweet made from  gram flour, sugar ,desi ghee and flavoured with cardamom powder.
Course Sweets
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Diwali, Festivals
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 28 minutes
Total Time 33 minutes
Servings 18 ladoo
Calories 128kcal
Author Muktha H S

Ingredients

  • 2 Cups Besan / Gram FLour
  • Cup Desi Ghee
  • ¾ Cup sugar ,powdered to get 1 Cup
  • 4-5 Green Cardamom , Powdered

Instructions

  • Take Sugar in a mixer jar, add cardamom and blend it to get a fine powder and set aside.
  • In a deep Kadai / Pan , dry roast the Besan /gram flour continuously on a slow flame, till colour starts changing and you get a nice aroma.
  • It may take up to 12-15 minutes; make sure gram flour is evenly browned. Take precautions, not to burn the flour.
  • Add ⅔ cup of ghee slowly and keep stirring the besan/ gram flour mixture , mix well. 
  • Continue to roast the besan / gram flour,till you get a sweet fragrance and starts to release ghee from edges, this may take 8-10 minutes.
  • At this point, turn off the heat and keep it aside.
  • Add powdered sugar to the roasted besan ,stir well and mix.
  • Allow the besan ladoo mixture to come to room temperature.
  • Scoop out 1 tablespoon of ladoo mixture into your palm and make round ladoo’s with the help for your other hand. 
  • Store it in airtight container.

Notes

Dry roasting gram flour till you get sweet fragrance, is the only key to get that perfect Ladoo orelse it smell raw and not taste good.
Also over roasting may burn it ,which in turn spoil the laddo taste. 

Nutrition

Calories: 128kcal