Healthy Besan Ladoo In Microwave

Name: Healthy Besan Ladoo In Microwave
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 2 Cups (200 g) Gram flour (Besan); 1/2 Cup +2 Tbsp (120 g) Clarified Butter (Ghee); 150 g Jaggery Powder (See Note 1); 75 g Almonds; 20 g Poppy Seeds (Khuskhus); 1/4 tsp White Pepper Powder; 1/2 tsp Green Cardamom Powder

Samira Gupta @cook_7860698

You must be wondering that if it is so common then what on earth makes me post it's recipe? So, friends, this is for two reasons. Firstly, it is a very healthy version of besan ladoos. Unlike traditional recipe, it is made with very little clarified butter (ghee) and with jaggery powder. No refined sugar is used here.
Secondly, this recipe is quick to make. These ladoos are made in the microwave.Though the original recipe calls for roasting gram flour in a skillet only for 30 to 40 minutes only but I roasted it in the microwave.
Roasting gram flour in the microwave has certain benefits. Of course, it saves a lot of time. Besides this, hours of labour work is avoided. In the skillet, there are chances of scalding the gram flour (with less ghee). And last but not the least, it consumes very less amount of ghee.
The recipe I am sharing here is a very healthy recipe. These Besan Ladoos have a very good quantity of almonds. Along with almonds it also has poppy seeds and white pepper powder, both having excellent medicinal properties and are perfect to have in winters. And the best part is that all these additional ingredients are perfectly camouflaged. No one, especially children, will come to know about these. So they won’t make faces while eating these ladoos. Another very good thing about these ladoos is that these are made without sugar, Yes, no refined sugar is used for making these ladoos. Instead, jaggery is used. So, isn’t it completely healthy?

Samira Gupta @cook_7860698

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Ingredients

2 Cups (200 g)Gram flour (Besan)
1/2 Cup +2 Tbsp (120 g) Clarified Butter (Ghee)
150 gJaggery Powder (See Note 1)
75 gAlmonds
20 gPoppy Seeds (Khuskhus)
1/4 tspWhite Pepper Powder
1/2 tspGreen Cardamom Powder

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Steps

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Heat ghee in the microwave for 30 to 35 seconds.
When melted, add gram flour and mix properly.
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Microwave this mixture for 11 minutes, stirring after every 1 minute. This is very important or you may end up burning your gram flour.
3

In between, whatever time you get, grind almonds and poppy seeds to a fine powder.
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After 7 minutes of roasting, mix this almond and poppy seeds powder into this and continue roasting for 4 more minutes. This is mixed at this stage so that even poppy seeds and almonds too get slightly roasted.
5

After 11 minutes, roasted gram flour will give out a wonderful aroma and even your neighbours would come to know that somewhere ladoos are being made. By this time, the colour of gram flour would also change from yellow to mustard.
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Wait for just 10 minutes so that the mix turns warm. Do not let it cool completely.
7

Mix jaggery powder and green cardamom powder and white pepper powder into the roasted gram flour and form ladoos. Since it has less ghee, therefore, press it hard using both the hands and you will get perfect round shape. If the mixture turns completely cool and it becomes difficult to bind ladoos then heat the mixture in the microwave for just 30 seconds. (See Note 3 & 4)
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Notes: 1.You can use powdered sugar or ‘boora’ in place of jaggery powder.
2.Some people like lightly roasted ladoos whereas others prefer dark roasted. We prefer the latter ones.
3.If you find it difficult to bind ladoos then add a tablespoon of ghee.
4.At any stage do not add water or milk to this as this will affect it's shelf life.
You can vary the quantity of almonds, poppy seeds and white pepper as per your preference.