Besan ka ladoo (Gram flour ladoo)

Besan ke ladoo
(Gram flour ladoo)

Besan ka ladoo is a favorite most loved festive sweet. It is prepared for Diwali celebration and it is considered auspicious to offer Besan ladoo at the Lakshmi-Ganesh pooja. Besan ke ladoo are prepared by roasting gram flour (besan) with butter or ghee and flavored with sugar and cardamom and shaped into round balls.

Ladoos are one the most popular Indian sweet often prepared to celebrate festivals, religious occasion like poojas or any happy moments in the family. Ladoos are distributed as a sweet in weddings, child births and as a prasad on poojas and auspicious occasions.

There are various delicious varieties of ladoos but Motichoor ka ladoo (boondi ladoo), atta, soozi ka ladoo (flour & cream of wheat), Til ka ladoo (sesame seeds), Nariyal ka ladoo (coconut) and besan ka ladoo are among the most popular ladoos. Ladoos are a special treat they can be enjoyed at any holiday as well any day you feel like eating sweet. Besan ladoo is very easy and simple to make.

Ingredients:

2 Cup Besan (Garm flour)
½ Cup to 2/3 cup melted sweet butter or ghee -
Add more if needed
10 Green cardamoms crushed
1 Cup sugar or to your taste
10 to 15 Almonds- Crushed

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Besan (Gram flour)

Cardamom, Sugar . Butter Crushed Almonds

Directions:

1. If you adding Almonds then add chopped almonds and little butter or ghee in
a pan and sauté for few minutes. Keep them aside in a bowl

Saute chopped Almonds

Sautéed Amonds

2. On low flame in a non-stick frying pan add Besan (Gram flour) and dry roast
for 30 to 35 minutes or until Besan become brown (desired color) and nice
aroma comes from it. While continuously keep stirring and scraping the
bottom and sides so that Besan does not stick to the frying pan and burn and
brown evenly.

Add Besan in the pan

Stir the Besan and roast

3. Once besan becomes brown or the desired color add melted butter or Ghee
and mix and continue stirring for 5to 6 minutes.

4. Besan will start giving nice nutty fragrance and will start releasing ghee.
Switch off the stove.

Besan become brown

Add melted butter or Ghee and mix

Mix the butter with Besan

Stir Besan well with butter

5. Remove the pan from the stove. Add sugar and crushed cardamoms and mix.

Butter is start releasing butter

Add sugar and cardamom & mix

6. Add chopped nuts at this time and mix. Stir well so that no lumps are formed.

Add chopped almonds

Mix Almonds with Besan

7. Once you have mix the Ladoo mixture let it cool down to room temperature.

8. To make the ladoos, take about 2 tablespoons of basen mixture into your palm.
     Gently press the mixture between your palms to form a smooth, round Png-
     Pong size ball, then place it on the plate (you can adjust the size of the ladoo
     as you prefer). Repeat the process until all the ladoos are made.

9. Leave the ladoos on a plate to cool before putting into a covered container. The
    ladoos can be stored in an airtight container for 2 to 3 weeks.

Take some Landoo mixture in hand

Squeeze & roll the mixture

Roll the Ladoo between palms

Besan Ladoo

Besan ke Ladoo

Tips:

1. It is easier to dry roast the Besan then add ghee, but if you roast the Besan
with ghee there is too much hard work required while starring the Besan
   because it keep forming the lumps and you have to keep breaking the lumps so
   that it browns evenly.

2. If the ladoos break or it is difficult to forms the balls then place the ladoo mix
in refrigerator for 20 to 30 minutes, the mixture will become firm and it will
    become easier to form the ladoos.

3. If the sugar has thick crystals then grind the sugar before adding in the roasted
   besan or use powder sugar.

4. Make sure you roast Besan flour till raw smell leaves, if not roasted properly
     it will give a raw taste to the ladoos.

Please take the time to let me know what you think about my recipe. Your comments would be helpful to me to improve the recipe.

Thank you

Geeta Seth

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Besan ke ladoo (Gram flour ladoo)

Besan ke ladoo
(Gram flour ladoo)