Amishi 's Kitchen : BESAN LADOO

Today I'm sharing my mom's best ever besan ladoos with all of you. After Diwali the house is full of mithai(sweet) boxes, next comes bhaidooj & if you don't want to give store bought mithais(sweets) to your brothers, surprise them with these yummy melt in your mouth ladoos. These besan ladoos are very easy to make & require a few ingredients.

I've always loved sweets, & besan ladoos are one of my favourites. I don't like to buy besan ladoos from the market, I love melt in your mouth besan ladoos that I've been having since childhood. I could never stop after one & now my daughter does the same, so two is the minimum count that we have at a time :)

Everyone at our home likes plain ladoos so I haven't added dry fruits in it but if you like the nutty & crunchy taste you can add cashews(kaju) & almonds(badam) to the besan ladoo mixture.

INGREDIENTS

BESAN (gram flour/chickpeas flour) 500gms

My mom makes them with half mota besan(coarsely grounded) half bareek besan (finely grounded besan). That gives a better texture to the ladoos but here I could not get that so I made with regular packet besan(gramflour/chickpeas flour) that was available in the market.

SUGAR(powdered) 300gms

GHEE(clarified butter) 300gms

This quantity gives you very soft ladoos, if you want the ladoos to be a little more stiff, quantity of ghee can be reduced to 250gms.

METHOD

1. Sieve besan & keep aside.

2. Switch on the gas & keep it on low flame.

3.Take a heavy bottomed pan(kadhai). Add a little bit of ghee(clarified butter) in the pan (kadhai). Add besan & start roasting it. Keep on adding ghee slowly & keep roasting it continuously.

4. Switch off the gas once you start getting a nice aroma & it starts leaving the sides of the pan. It will turn a nice brown colour.

5. Once done, let it cool down.

6. Take powdered sugar, sieve it once & add it to the cooled besan & ghee mixture. Mix it nicely.

7. Start forming balls with the mixture using your hands.Your melt in your mouth besan ladoos are ready to eat.

NOTES

1. While roasting keep the gas on low flame & keep on stirring it continuously.

2. Add powdered sugar only when the besan & ghee mixture is completely cool.

PICTORIAL GUIDE

1. Sieve besan & keep aside.

2. Switch on the gas & keep it on low flame.

3.Take a heavy bottomed pan(kadhai). Add a little bit of ghee(clarified butter) in the pan (kadhai). Add besan & start roasting it. Keep on adding ghee slowly & keep roasting it continuously.