BESAN LADDOO-1

Besan Laddo is one of the most popular mithai in Indian cuisine. It might be known by various names, but this delicious laddoos of spiced and sweetened based is famous all over the country. When making this, remember that that rich flavour of the laddoo depends upon on how well you cook the besan flour. Under cooking it will leave behind a raw taste, which will ruin the whole recipe.  

Besan Laddoo is a sweet dough-like food made during most so South Asian Festivals. Anyone can make them at home, as long as they’re up for a lot of stirring. Keep a close eye on the laddoo mixture so it does’nt burn. Besan laddo is one of the most popular recipe that I wanted to try since long but it pushed me only when my husband and my elder daughter insisted me to try it as they love besan laddoo. I searched for the recipe on internet and tried it immediately on last diwali..…..which comes out so yummy. This is one of the easy and quick sweet recipe with no prior soaking/ grinding etc. very easy yet delicious , melt in mouth. Here I am sharing this with all of you and hope you will definitely try this one. So what are you waiting for, just bookmark and make it for the coming festival and surprise your loved ones!!!! I made them specially for the coming Raksha Bandhan.

INGREDIENTS:
 2 Cups Besan Flour [Gram flour]
1/2 Cup Clarified Butter
1 Cup Powdered Sugar
1 teaspoon Cradamom Powder
Chopped Nuts for mixing as well as garnishing

METHOD:
STEP 1 – Sieve gram flour once and keep ready. Heat clarified butter in a non-stick pan on low heat.

STEP 2 – Add the sieved gram flour in it and roast it on low flame until colour changes to golden brown.

STEP 3 – Keep stirring continuously to avoid burning at the bottom. This may take 10-15 minutes. Switch off the heat and keep stirring for 1 minute.

STEP 5 - Add chopped nuts in it and mix well.

STEP 6 – Add powdered sugar and mix well while rubbing the mixture in between your palms until completely combined together with beasn flour.

STEP 7 - Add the cardamom powder and mix well.

STEP 8 – Then take small portion of a dough and shape the balls with your hands.

Size depends on your personal liking.

STEP 9 – Repeat the same with the rest of dough and make all laddoos.

STEP 10 - Garnish them with nuts for extra crunch and keep them till set and then serve. 

 Let them cool completely and then transfer to an airtight container and enjoy your homemade laddoos.

NOTES: *Roast the besan flour till the raw smell leaves else it will give a raw taste to the laddoos.
              *Don’t mix all the clarified butter at a time. First add ¾ the of it , check the consistency and if required then add the remaining.
              *If you get Rani Chap Besan Flour to the store then surely use it for laddoos.
              *You can add 2 tablespoon of rawa/ sooji to make the laddo crunchy.
              *While making laddoo, you can even grease your hands with a little clarified butter to avoid sticking.
             To make your laddoo more good-looking you can use silver vork.
             You can store this laddoo in an air tight container at room temperature for about 15 days.