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.
Servings: 12
Calories: 176kcal
Equipment
- Heavy Bottom Kadhai
Ingredients
- 2 Cup gram flour (besan)
- ½ Cup clarified butter (ghee)
- ½ Cup powdered white sugar
- 1 teaspoon green cardamom powder
Instructions
- 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.
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Notes
- 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.
Nutrition
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