Besan Laddu

Festival season is starting and any festival is incomplete without homemade sweets. Besan laddus are favorite of all and are very handy to give as snacks to your guests. You can also take these laddus with you on picnics. Kids love it! Let's see how to make these all-time favorite besan laddus. 

 

Ingredients:

1. Gram flour : 3 cups
2. Fine Semolina: 1 cup
3. Sugar: 2.5 cups.
4. Pure Ghee: 1 - 1.5 cup
5. Cardamom powder: 1 teaspoon
6. Dryfruits for decoration (optional)

Procedure:

1. Take a pan. Add pure ghee and semolina at the same time. Switch on heat.
2. Roast semolina in ghee for 3 to 5 mins.
3. Add gram flour in the pan. Roast on slow heat till it starts changing color.  Initially, it will be very dry. But once roasted properly will become soft like paste.
4. Take away from heat and let it cool.
5. Grind sugar to a fine powder.
6. Add powdered sugar and cardamom powder to the roasted and cooled besan.  Mix well
7. Take small equal portions, and make laddus.

iSaltPepper: Sugar and Semolina

iSaltPepper: Gram flour, Ghee and Cardamom seeds

iSaltPepper: Step1 - Ghee and Semolina

iSaltPepper: Step2: Add Gram Flour