Besan Ladoo Recipe
Besan Ladoo is a delicious, gluten-free Indian sweet. It is prepared with only 4 - ingredients - gram flour (besan), ghee, sugar, and cardamom powder. Learn how to make mouth-melting besan ke ladoo in a few simple steps.
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time30 minutes mins
Cooling & Shaping20 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Servings: 12
Calories: 176kcal
- 2 Cup gram flour (besan)
- ½ Cup clarified butter (ghee)
- ½ Cup powdered white sugar
- 1 teaspoon green cardamom powder
In case you do not have powdered sugar at home, grind regular white sugar into a coarse powder using the mixer. This step is optional.
Heat ghee in a heavy bottom flat pan.
Once the ghee is hot enough, reduce the flame to the lowest setting. Add gram flour ad stir to combine.
Stir continuously and roast the gram flour over low heat. Try to be around the stove to stir the roasting gram flour continuously. Because it gets burnt with a blink of an eye. This is Stage 1 of roasting.
After 5 - 6 minutes the gram flour will turn into a bubbling liquid. The perfectly roasted gram flour will release a nice nutty aroma and will turn pale golden in color. Turn off the heat. This is Stage 2 of roasting.
Transfer gram flour mixture to a wide ceramic plate or baking sheet. Allow to cool down a bit. The gram flour mixture should be lukewarm while adding sugar. This is Stage 3.
Once gram flour mixture becomes lukewarm stir it using a spoon. Add powdered sugar and cardamom powder. Stir to mix nicely. The mixture will form a smooth, soft dough. This is the final Stage 4.
Apply a teaspoon of ghee in your palms and fingers.
Pinch a lemon size portion of the ladoo mixture and shape it into a round ball. Similarly, prepare all the ladoo from the gram flour mixture.
If you prefer, garnish each besan ladoo with sliced dry fruits.
Store Besan Ladoo in an airtight container for a month. I store them in the fridge during the summer season while during winters they are good at room temperature.
- Never ever be in a hurry to roast the gram flour. And you need to be around the stove to stir the roasting gram flour continuously.
- While adding the powdered sugar make sure that the flour and ghee mixture is lukewarm to touch and not piping hot.
- If you are unable to shape the ladoo because the dough being too soft keep it in the fridge for 15 – 20 minutes. And then try to shape the ladoo.
- You can store ladoo in an airtight box or a jar. Do not stack them or pack tightly as they might crumble. Arrange them neatly in rows in the container.
Calories: 176kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 19mg | Sodium: 13mg | Potassium: 169mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 8IU | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 1mg