Besan laddu / ladoo

Besan laddu / ladoo

 

Ingredients - Besan laddu / ladoo

Gram flour - 1 cup

Powdered sugar - 3/4 cup

Ghee - 3 tbsp

Cashews - 8

Roasted gram / pottukadalai - 1 tbsp

Cardamom pdr - 1/4 tsp ( optional )

Method - Besan laddu / ladoo

1. Grind sugar to fine powder. Set aside.

2. Grind roasted gram and cashews to coarse powder. In a kadai heat 1/2 tsp of ghee and fry coarsely ground cashews, roasted gram pdr till it turns brown, set aside.

3. Again heat 3 tbsp of ghee in a kadai, turn the flame slow, add besan flour, stir it continuously till you get very little colour change & roasted aroma with besan flour. ( should add enough ghee as it makes easy to shape ladoo )

4.Now add sugar pdr, fried cashew, roasted gram mixture and mix it well. ( you can add cardamom pdr also ) Turn off the stove.

5. When it becomes warm,  grease your hands with ghee and make laddus from the mixture.

7. Store this besan ladoo in a air tight container.