How to prepare Besan Ka Ladoo ?
This is a sweet item made from the following ingredients and procedure.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups besan or gram flour
- ½ to ⅔ cup ghee (add more ghee if required)
- 1 cup powdered sugar or boora(Beet sugar, Unrefined sugar, USDA Organic sugar, and Raw sugar can be used but not white sugar, or refined sugar)
- 4 cardamoms, powdered in a mortar-pestle
- 1 or 2 tbsp golden raisins
Procedure:
- Dry roast the besan in a kadai or pan on slow flame for about 10-12 mins
- Keep on stirring continuously so that the besan is not burned and so that there is even browning
- Melt the ghee and keep aside
- Add the melted ghee and continue roasting the besan for some more 5-6 minutes stirring continuously
- The besan would start to give a nice nutty fragrance and will start releasing ghee
- Once you get a strong nutty fragrance then switch off the fire
- Remove the pan from the stove and keep down
- Add powdered sugar or boora. For best taste use the boora
- Add the powdered cardamom and raisins
- You can also add chopped dry fruits at this stage
- Stir well so that no lumps are formed
- Once you have mixed the besan ladoo mixture well then let it cool down to room temperature
- Make small or medium sized besan ladoos and store them in air tight container
