Besan Ladoo

About the Recipe

Besan ladoo is a delicious sweet dish that is famous across India. Known as besan ke ladoo, they are made on special occasions such as festivals, weddings, and birthdays. Try this recipe to make the perfect besan ke ladoo. These ladoos can be stored in a container lined with Oddy Ecobake to keep them fresh for many days.

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Ingredients

Gram flour 2 cups
Sugar 1 cup
Ghee 1 small cup
Dry fruits
Nutmeg powder 1 pinch
Cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
Water
Liquid yellow color 2 drops

Directions

In a bowl add gram flour and, heat 1 tbsp ghee and add in the flour, add ½ tsp sugar, mix well with spoon and then add water and make into a dough. The dough should be thick and also soft, like chapati dough. Let it rest for 20 mins. Make small balls and flatten it as shown in video.
Roll each ball into puri shapes. Use Oddy Ecobake baking and cooking paper for rolling the puris. This prevents the puri from sticking in rolling pan and also is eco-friendly. Now keep the Oddy Ecobake in rolling pan and roll the balls into thin puris.
The puri should neither be thick or thin. In a kadai add ghee and fry the puris on both sides in low flame. Fry till golden brown and remove from heat. Crush the puris and add into a mixer. Grind it into a coarse powder. Sieve the mixture to remove any uneven particles, again grind the uneven particles to form a coarse powder.
In a pan add sugar and 3/4th cup water to make sugar syrup. Check its consistency. Add nutmeg, yellow color and carhttps://www.uniwraps.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=woodmart_sidebardamom powder.
Remove the sugar syrup from heat and immediately add the powdered puri mixture. Add dry fruits and mix well so that it binds together. Add remaining ghee left from frying the puris, mix well and let it rest for some time. Once the mixture is cooled, make it into ladoo shapes. Soft and delicious besan ladoo is ready.

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Sanjana's Creation

She loves to bake. Ecobake has made her life easy. She comes form a traditional Indian family. She learnt cooking good foods from culinary experts in her family.