Besan laddu
15 Dec 2017
Prep Time
5 minutes
Cook Time
35 minutes
Total Time
40 minutes
Background
Laddus are popular sweets from India and are made for most festivals and celebrations. Besan laddus are sweet balls made from chickpea flour, sugar, ghee and nuts. To make these besan laddu, chickpea flour roasted in ghee until aromatic and turns to a dark golden to light brown color. The flour is then cooled down a bit, powdered sugar and nuts are added, the mixture is then shaped to balls. To make delicious besan laddu, choose the best quality and fresh besan available in the market.
Ingredients
- 2 cups chickpea flour
- 1 cup sugar (adjust according to your taste)
- 4-5 green cardamoms
- ½ cup ghee (clarified butter)
- ¼ cup cashews chopped
Instructions
- Powder the sugar with cardamoms.
- Heat ghee and fry nuts. Set aside 3 Tbsp ghee and cashews.
- Add flour and stir well.
- Roast until the flour turns aromatic and dark golden color. At this stage the ghee begins to ooze out from the flour.
- Add powdered sugar and nuts. Stir and check if the flour can bind well to roll to balls.
- If it is dry, add ghee as needed.
- Take small portions and roll to balls.
- Store the laddus in air tight jars.
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Categories
- Meal Type: - Dessert
- Cuisines: - Indian
- Occasions: - Diwali
- Ingredients: - Other Flours
- Skill Levels: - Easy
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