Besan Ladoo Easy Recipe | How to make Besan Ladoo
Delicious ladoo with besan or chickpea flour. The flour is roasted in ghee and then formed into small balls.
Equipment
- Kadai
Ingredients
- 500 grams Chana Dal (2 cups)
- 250 grams Powdered sugar (2 cups)
- 200 grams Pure Ghee (1 cup)
- 1 tsp Cardamom powder
- 2 tbsp Roasted nuts cashew nuts, almonds, pistachios
- 2 tbsp Milk
Instructions
- Roast the chana dal and grind it into a fine powder in a mixer
- Roast the nuts in a little ghee and set aside.
- Heat ghee in a thick bottom vessel or kadai and roast the gram flour or besan till fragrant and changes colour. Approx. 30 to 35 minutes
- When the besan is almost roasted, add 2tbsp of milk and continue to roast till all the milk evaporates. Switch off the flame
- Add the roasted nuts and the cardamom powder. Transfer the ladoo mixture into another vessel and allow it to cool.
- When cooled but slightly warm add the powdered sugar and knead well till all the sugar is incorporated in the ladoo mixture.
- Now take small portions of the mixture and form into firm balls. Top each ball with a piece of dry fruit.
- Allow the ladoos to cool completely and then store into an air tight container.
Notes
- Adjust the quantity of sugar as per your taste.
- Add nuts as per your choice.
- Use pure ghee for a more flavourful and melt in the mouth ladoo.
- Adjust the quantity of ghee, as required.
- Use ladoo besan or grind besan at home for perfect ladoos.
- Roast nuts in little ghee or place in the microwave for a minute.