Besan ladoo

Name: Besan ladoo
Total time: 2100 s
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup ghee / clarified butter; 2 cups besan / gram flour, coarse; 1 cup sugar; 4 pods cardamom / elachi; 2 tbsp melon seeds; 2 tbsp cashew / kaju, chopped

Zalak Desai @cookandeatwithzalak

Gujrat

#flavour2#sweet# Traditional indian sweet recipe.it is perhaps one of the traditional recipes passed on by generations and are typically made during festival seasons. generally, it is made with just 3 ingredients, and a topping of dry fruits.

Zalak Desai @cookandeatwithzalak

Saved

Ingredients

35 minutes

12 servings

1/2 cupghee / clarified butter
2 cupsbesan / gram flour, coarse
1 cupsugar
4 podscardamom / elachi
2 tbspmelon seeds
2 tbspcashew / kaju, chopped

Saved

Steps

35 minutes

1

Firstly, in a large kadai heat ½ cup ghee and add 2 cups besan. Roast on low flame until the besan is well combined with ghee. Make sure to use coarse besan for grainy texture. Continue to roast on low flame. if the mixture turns dry, add a tbsp of more ghee. After 20 minutes, the besan starts to release ghee.
2

Continue to roast until the besan turns golden brown and grainy. it may take approximately 30 minutes. Transfer the mixture to a large bowl, allowing to cool slightly.
meanwhile, dry roast 2 tbsp melon seeds and 2 tbsp cashew. Roast on low flame until the nuts turn crunchy.
3

Then add the roasted nuts to roasted besan ghee mixture. Take 1 cup sugar and 4 pods cardamom in a blender. you can alternatively use tagar or boora. Blend to a fine powder without adding any water. Once the besan is cooled (slightly warm) add in powdered sugar.
4

Mix well making sure everything is well combined. Do not add sugar if the mixture is hot, as it will melt the sugar and makes mixture watery. Prepare a ball sized ladoo adjusting sugar as required. Finally, enjoy besan ladoo for 2 weeks in an airtight container.