Besan Ke Laddoo
A popular Indian dessert made with roasted gram flour, ghee, sugar and nuts. Tasty and delicious and can be stored for many days.
Equipment
- Thick Bottomed Pan
- Spatula
- Mixer grinder
- Mixing Bowl/Big Plate
Ingredients
- 3 Cups Gram Flour
- 1½ Cups Melted Ghee
- 1½ Cups Sugar
- 7-8 Green Cardamom Pods
- Chopped nuts (optional)
Instructions
- Transfer gram flour to a thick-bottomed pan.
- Roast it on low to medium heat for about 20 minutes until you get a lovely aroma. Constantly mix it with a spatula, or else the flour will burn and become bitter. Taste and check. If it tastes raw, roast for some more time.
- Add ghee and continue roasting for about five more minutes. Mix continuously with a spatula.
- Transfer the hot mixture to a mixing bowl.
- Meanwhile, powder sugar and cardamom pods in a mixie.
- Add this powder to the roasted gram flour mixture and mix.
- While the mixture is still hot but can be touched with hands, take small portions of the mixture and shape them into spheres.
- This way, make all the laddoos.
- If you wish, you can add some finely chopped nuts and press them along when you make the laddoos.
- Once shaped, let the laddoos come to room temperature. Then, store them in a clean, dry and airtight container.