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Besan Ladoo

Besan ladoo is a popular dry snack made during ceremonies in South India.
Course dry snack
Cuisine karnataka
Keyword besan ladoo, sweets, traditional sweets
Author Jayashree

Ingredients

  • 1 cup gram flour
  • 1 cup castor sugar
  • 3/4 cup clarified butter
  • cashew
  • raisin
  • 1/2 teaspoon cardamom powder

Instructions

  • Take some ghee in a pan, add the besan and roast it well. Keep roasting, after some time, add the cashew pieces. A little later, put the raisins. Keep roasting, add a little more ghee, you should get a good aroma and the colour of the gram flour should be dark brown.
  • Mix sugar and cardamom powder to it and keep it aside.
  • Once it cools, knead the mixture well. Make balls of it and store in an airtight container.

Notes

  • Use fine castor sugar. 
  • Roasting of the besan must be done properly to get perfect ladoos.