Besan Laddoo Besan laddu Recipe
Besan Ladoo – Indian Sweet Recipe. Besan ladoo/ besan laddoo/besan ke laddu, is a popular Indian sweet recipe made all over India. Besan laddoo is a must as Diwali sweet. It is also a good item to give as a gift to someone as it has a long shelf life.
About word laddoo: Laddoo is generally a sweet round ball. Laddoos are made with a variety of ingredients.
I have already added Puthani tambittu/roasted gram laddo that is used for Nagpanchami festival.
Equipment
- 1 Thick bottom Pan For besan/roasting chickpea flour
Ingredients
How to make besan ladoo
Ingredients for besan laddoo – makes 6-8 laddoo.
- Besan chickpea flour-chana dal flour – 1 cup
- Sugar – 1/2 cup
- Ghee clarified butter -1/2 cup
- Cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp
- Cashew nuts – chopped – 1 tsp
- Raisins – 1 tsp cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp
- milk or fresh cream – 1 tbsp
Instructions
Preparation before making besan laddoo
- Sift the besan so that there are no lumps.
- Grind the sugar to a fine powder consistency. You may grind cardamom seeds along with sugar or use cardamom powder at the time of mixing.
Roasting besan – gram flour for making besan laddu
- Use a deep thick bottomed pan. Mix besan and ghee in the pan.
- Keep on low flame and stir continuously till you get aroma of the fried besan. This will take about 20 minutes. It will also turn a little brownish to. Do not let it become dark brown.
- Switch the stove off.
- Add 1 tbsp milk/fresh cream stirring continuously. The mixture will bubble a little. Keep mixing, scraping the bottom for a minute.
- Cool completely.
Final mixing and shaping besan laddoo
- Fry cashew nuts in a little ghee.
- When the roasted besan is completely cool, mix powdered sugar in it. Use your fingers to mix the sugar powder thoroughly.
- Add cardamom powder, fried cashew nut pieces and raisins to the sugar + besan mix and mix well evenly without any lumps.
- Take some laddoo mix and form into round balls (laddoo). You can do it with one hand or use both hands to form laddoo.
- Form all the laddoos in the similar way.
- Keep aside till they set in that shape, for about 15-20 minutes.
- Store in airtight container. These keep good for 1 month. Most of the time, they get over before that. So yummy.
Notes
Tips:
- Remember to keep the flame low while roasting. Do not let the flour turn brown. It will taste bitter.
- Powder the sugar fine. If not, the laddoo will become crunchy with sugar and that does not feel good.
- Traditionally, besan ladoo is made with ghee. If you do not want to use ghee, you may use any vegetable oil. Vegans can use coconut oil. The taste will change accordingly.