Besan Ke Ladoo (Traditional Indian Sweet)
Besan Ke Ladoo is a classic Indian sweet made with roasted gram flour, ghee, sugar, and cardamom. These aromatic, melt-in-the-mouth ladoos are a festive favorite for weddings, festivals, and family celebrations.
Ingredients
- 2 cups gram flour (besan)
- 1 cup ghee (clarified butter)
- 1 cup white sugar (according to taste or sweetness)
- 2 tbsp cashews or pistachios (optional)
- 1 tbsp finely chopped cashews
- 4 cardamom pods, powdered
Instructions
- Heat 2 cups of gram flour and 1/2 cup of ghee in a big pan.
- Mix the ghee and gram flour thoroughly over low heat. A grainy texture can be achieved by using coarse gram flour.
- Continue to cook over low heat. Put in an additional tablespoon of ghee if it's dry.
- The ghee begins to emerge from the gram flour after roughly 20 minutes. Fry for approximately half an hour, or until golden brown and fragrant.
- After moving the mixture to a sizable bowl, let it cool slightly.
- Dry roast two teaspoons of cashews or pistachios until they are crispy.
- To the combination of toasted gram flour, add the roasted nuts.
- 4 cardamom pods and 1 cup sugar should be blended into a fine powder.
- After the gram flour has warmed up a little, stir in the powdered sugar. Don't put sugar on too hot food.
- For up to two weeks, store in an airtight container after shaping into round laddus.
