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Besan/Gramflour Ka Laddoo-Indian dessert

Aanchal Gupta
A traditional Indian dessert in which Besan/Gramflour/chickpea flour is browned in ghee/butter and topped with sugar and cardamoms.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Dessert, Diwali Recipe, Holi Recipe, Indian Dessert, Indian Sweets, Mithai, parshad
Cuisine Indian
Servings 20 -30 depending on size

Equipment

  • 1 pan /kadhai
  • 1 spatula
  • 1 measuring cups and spoons

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Besan/Gramflour/chickpea flour thick mota laddu besan preferred
  • 225 grams 2 sticks Unsalted Butter or 1 cup ghee Vegans use coconut oil/or any oil
  • 1/2 cup Almonds roughly chopped(optional)
  • 1 cup sugar powdered. I used a coffee grinder to powder the sugar
  • 1/8 tsp Cardamom powder

Instructions
 

  • Melt the Butter/Ghee/oil on medium heat and add besan/Gramflour/chickpea flour.
  • Continue to brown the Besan/gramflour/chickpea flour, stirring intermittently.Its important to get a nice golden color, that means the flour is cooked,otherwise you will get a raw smell.
  • Add Cardamom powder, nuts(optional) and mix well. Remove from heat.
  • Let it cool for some time. Once its cool enough to be handled add powdered sugar. You dont want it to be completely cold.
  • Mix well and press in your fist to make smooth, round laddoos

Notes

Browning of the Besan/chickpea flour is important, it will smell of raw besan if its not browned well. Be careful, not to burn the Besan though. Powdering the sugar in a coffee/dry grinder gives a laddoos a smoother finish.
Vegans use coconut oil or any oil. If you are allergic to nuts, you can skip it, its optional.
When mom makes it, she first makes bura-which is a process of cooking the sugar, thickening it and then powdering it again. This process of making bura and adding to the laddu ensures no moisture in the sugar and elevates the taste. I simplified the process by adding powdered sugar.
Keyword besan ghee and sugar laddu, besan ke laddoo, besan laddu, besan laddu traditional recipe, besan laddu with unsalted butter, gramflour laddu
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