Besan Ladoo | Gram Flour Laddu | Kadle Hittina Laadu

Besan Ladoo is one among those famous sweets which are prepared during special occasions in India. In my home, we three are huge fans of these delicious sweet balls. Being made of besan flour along with generous amount of ghee, sugar, dry fruit and nuts, its good for health too.
Below is the recipe of Besan Ladoo, try them and enjoy with your loved ones!

Preparation time: 40 minutes
Yield: 8 Ladoos
Difficulty level: Medium

Ingredients:

• Besan flour / Gram flour - 2 cups (1 cup= 125 gm)
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Ghee / clarified butter - 3/4 cup minus 1 tbsp
• Cardamom / Elachi powder - 1 tsp (See Tips)
• Raisins - 15
• Broken cashews - 2 tbsp

Method:

• Combine besan flour and ghee in a heavy bottom pan and keep stirring it on low flame till nice aroma comes.
• When the flour is toasted half - way, add raisins and broken cashews and continue toasting. Otherwise, you can toast them separately with few drops of ghee and mix with the flour after its toasted.
• Take the sugar and make a fine powder out of it.
• Allow the toasted flour to cool down for a while till it becomes lukewarm. Add powdered sugar and cardamom powder. Mix it well. 
• Make equal sized balls from the mixture. Store them in an air tight container.

Tips:

• If you add more ghee to this recipe, mixture will become very soft and the ladoos won't hold the shape. In such cases, you can refrigerate the ladoos for around 15 - 20 minutes immediately after preparing them.
• If cardamom powder is not there, mix the cardamom seeds along with sugar while powdering it.

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