Indian Sweets: Besan Ladoo (Laddu) recipe

Ladoos or laddus are the most common indian sweet recipes prepared and enjoyed on festivals and households occasions such as weddings. Among them the Besan ladoo or laddu is most delicious and easiest to prepare with very few ingredients. It is made from besan (Gram flour which is cereal flour made from ground chickpeas), sugar and ghee (clarified butter).

Besan Ladoo Recipe Ingredients:

• Besan (Chickpea flour or Gram flour) – 2 cups
• Ghee (Clarified Butter) – 1 cup
• Sugar – 2 cups
• Roasted Cashew nuts – 15 - 20 nos (chopped into small pieces)
• Raisins – 10-15 nos (optional)
• Pista (Pistachios) – 15 –20 nos (chopped into smaller pieces)

Cooking Time: 60 minutes

 

Besan Ladoo Recipe Cooking Method:

 

1. Take a heavy bottomed pan. Add besan.
2. Stir the besan on low heat for 3 minutes.
3. In a separate pan, heat the ghee until it melts.
4. Then add the melted ghee into the pan containing the besan.
5. On low heat, stir the mixture continuously until you get the typical aroma. This should take about 10-12 minutes.
6. Take the pan off the heat and allow the besan and ghee mixture to cool to room temperature.
7. Take the sugar in a blender and make it into powder. Then add the powdered sugar, chopped cashew nuts, pista and mix well.
8. Now you can take small lumps of the mixture and shape them into ladoos as shown in the pictures.