Besan Ladoo or Besan Ke Laddu is a popular Indian sweet made from gram flour, powdered sugar, and clarified butter (ghee). Make this decadent sweet with my easy fail-proof recipe. Besan Ladoo is a popular laddoo made from gram flour, powdered sugar, and clarified butter (ghee).
Ingredients
2 cups besan (gram flour) – 200 grams
½ cup ghee (clarified butter) – 125 grams, add more ghee if required
1 heaping cup powdered sugar – 175 grams (powder ¾ cup white sugar or raw sugar in a mixer-grinder, small blender)
1 teaspoon cardamom powder or 5 to 6 green cardamoms, powdered in a mortar-pestle
1 to 2 tablespoons golden raisins – chopped
10 to 12 cashews – chopped
Instructions
Roasting Besan
Dry roast the besan in a heavy Kadai or pan on low to medium-low heat for about 10 to 12 minutes.
Keep on stirring continuously right from the beginning. So that the besan is not burned and cooks evenly.
Roasting Besan
Dry roast the besan in a heavy Kadai or pan on low to medium-low heat for about 10 to 12 minutes.
Keep on stirring continuously right from the beginning. So that the besan is not burned and cooks evenly.
Adding Ghee And Roasting Further
After 12 minutes of total roasting time, add the ghee.
Mix very well and continue roasting the besan for some more 12 to 15 minutes stirring non-stop.
You will see that the mixture will start releasing ghee and will give a nice fragrant nutty aroma. Some ghee will float on top and you will see a molten lava kind of consistency where the ghee is floating. The mixture will also loose sides of the pan and become one. These are the signs that the besan is fully cooked. Once you see these signs, you can move on to the next step.
Remove the pan from the stove-top and place it on your kitchen countertop. Add powdered sugar.
Adding Powdered Sugar
Begin to mix with all the strength from your hands. You have to mix this part vigorously so that the powdered sugar melts in the roasted besan and ghee mixture and no lumps are formed.
Add the powdered cardamom, raisins, and cashews. Mix again.
Once you have mixed the laddoo mixture well then let it become lukewarm or cool at room temperature.
Making Besan Ladoo
When cooled, make small or medium-sized besan laddoo and store them in an airtight steel container. If you are not able to shape in balls then freeze the mixture for 5 minutes or refrigerate for 20 minutes. Depending on the quality and consistency of ghee as well as the room temperature you may be able to easily shape these or not.
Serve besan laddoo garnished with some nuts.
Notes
Roasting: The besan has to be roasted very well so that it starts releasing ghee and gives a nutty fragrance. Roast the gram flour on low to medium-low heat and keep on stirring non-stop. Depending on the pan thickness, size, and intensity of the flame, the time of roasting will differ.
Powdered sugar or castor sugar.
Adding sugar: If you add sugar into the gram flour before it is roasted well, then the uncooked gram flour will have a raw taste in the finished laddoo and you won’t get the perfect sweet taste. Also, once you add the sugar then stir continuously so that no lumps are formed.
Shaping: If you are unable to form the besan laddoo once the mixture has cooled completely, then keep the mixture in the fridge for 20 minutes. The ghee will solidify a bit and you will easily be able to form the laddoo. If the mixture looks too dry or hard, then add 2 to 3 tablespoons of hot melted ghee and mix again. Let the mixture cool again and then shape into laddu.
Scaling: You can easily double or triple this recipe and store the extra laddu in an airtight steel container for a quick and easy snack or dessert all week.
Nuts & Dry fruits: You can add nuts like almonds, pistachios, pecans, walnuts, and pecans. You can even add a pinch of saffron strands.
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