Besan Ladoo (Gram flour desert)

   

Besan (gram flour) laddu is a delightfully rich dessert with just few ingredients and which melts in mouth. This quick recipe is my childhood nostalgic dessert with the authentic flavours of Maharashtra “Besana che ladoo”.

Besan ladoos are generally prepared during festival season. These are very healthy and nutritious. Besides they are pretty easy to make too. The tricky part is to roast the besan or gram flour. Once you get it right, you will rock it.  In Maharashtra, where I grew up, Besan Laddu is made in big batches to share with family and friends for 10 days leading with Diwali. Almost every flat in our apartment makes it but tastes different from each neighbour though prepared with same ingredients .I have grown up eating these ladoo which our neighbour kaku (aunt) taught mom and my aunt. Mumbai neighbour are our extended family where everything is shared. 

This is a very easy recipe with very few ingredients. 

 

Ingredients 

 

Besan 1 cup

Rava 1 tsp (to get a crunch)

Powdered Sugar 1 cup (Add cardamom in sugar while making powdered sugar)

Ghee ¼ cup

Cardamom 3nos

Raisins for garnishing

 

Method 

In a pan heat up ghee. Add gram flour. You can use regular gram flour too.

Roast the flour in low heat. Stir continuously or besan may stick to the pan and may burn. Roast the besan until it turns reddish in colour or smells well roasted.

Roast the besan for almost 15 minutes. It should be roasted properly and should not burn. When it has got nice reddish colour, turn off the heat. Keep aside to cool it down. It should be lukewarm and not totally cool. Add powdered sugar and mix well with the besan. Once the sugar is mixed well roll it into ladoo. Garnish with raisin and roll again.