Besan Laddu / Gram Flour Ladoo

 Besan laddu also known as gram flour ladoo or besan undo is a sweet dish made with gram flour and sugar.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Besan Laddu /Gram Flour Ladoo .

Ingredients:-

Gram flour.       - 2 cup
Sugar.                 -1 and 1/4 cup
Cardamom pods.-8
Cashew nuts.      -10
Raisins.               -8
Ghee.                  -1/2 cup +1tbsp

Instructions:-

1). Peel the cardamom pods and mix with sugar and powder together to a fine sugar powder.Keep aside.

2). Chop the whole cashew nuts into halves and keep aside with raisins.

Method:-

1). Heat 1/2 cup of ghee in a non stick kadai.Add chopped cashews nuts and raisins and fry in ghee.

2). Once the cashew nuts and raisins are fried add gram flour into the kadai and stir well and mix with the ghee without lumps.

3). Stir gram flour continuously on medium to low flame until the raw smell of the gram flour goes off and nice aroma comes.

4). When the colour of the gram flour gets slightly brown switch off the flame.

5). Remove the kadai from flame. Let the ghee roasted gram flour to little cool.Add the ground sugar cardamom powder mixture into the kadai. Stir well and mix with roasted gram flour.

6). Add 1tbsp ghee and mix well to hold the ladoos tightly. Take a small portion of the hot mixture and roll to ball shape using your hands.Make ladoos when the mixture is hot and keep them on a clean and dry plate or a paper.

Sweet Besan Laddu is ready.When cooled store the besan ladoo in a clean and dry airtight container.