Besan ladoo recipe/ besan ke laddu recipe:

               BESAN KE LADDU is delicious, creamy and melt-in-mouth dessert ball often made during festivals and special occasions in all over India. There are many different varieties of laddu made in India; BESAN KE LADDU is the most popular among them.

             BESAN LADDU is made from besan or gram flour roasted with ghee or clarified butter in a kadhai flavoured with powder sugar and cardamom powder and shaped tight into a round ball. Again, it is decorated with almond and pistachios.

              This soft and creamy besan laddu is healthy and rich in nutritions. it is very handy to make as it needs less ingredients. People make this laddu in various ways. I have shared my version of recipe, which is very easy and delicious.

Ingredients for besan ke laddu:

 

1. Besan or gram flour – 2 cups

2. Ghee or clarified butter – ½ cup

3. Powder sugar – 1 cup

4. Cardamom powder – ½ tsp

5. Chopped cashew, almond and pistachio – ½ cup

How to make besan laddu:

 

·        Take ghee in a pan and heat it.

·        Add besan and mix very well.

·        Roast on low flame until the beasan is well combine with ghee.

·        Keep roasting on low flame. If the mixture turns dry, add one tbsp of more ghee.

·        After 10 to 12 minutes, it will become light and slight liquid form.

·        Continue roasting on low flame. After 20 minutes, the besan starts releasing ghee.

·        Keep on roasting until the besan turns golden brown.

·        Add chopped nuts and continue to roast.

·        For making the besan granulated sprinkle water one or two tbsp in it and mix. Repeat the process three times, so that the besan will become granulated and ready to give a good result.

·        This roasting process may takes 30 minutes or more. Donot overcook the besan.

·        Transfer the mixture to a plate and allow it to cool.

·        Take one cup of sugar and 3 to 4 cardamom in a blender jar and make a powder out of it.

·        Once besan is cool, add powder sugar in it and mix well. Make sure everything is well combined.

·        Now grease your palm with little ghee and take a small portion of besan mixture with your palm. Make a tight ball of desired size out of it.

·        Make all laddu in this process and decorate the laddus with chopped nuts.