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Besan ladoo recipe | How to make besan ladoo | besan ke laddu

Author Nehas Cook Book
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Indian sweets
Cuisine Indian
Servings 10 medium size ladoo

Ingredients
 

  • 250 grms or 2.5 cup besan - gram flour
  • 2 tbsp ghee + 100 grams or ½ cup melted ghee
  • ½ cup hot water or as required
  • Oil for deep frying
  • 200 grms or 1 cup sugar
  • ½ cup water
  • ½ tsp cardamom powder

Instructions

  • Sieve the flour. Then add ghee, and warm water and knead tight dough.
  • Make a small ball from the dough or you can roll chapatti from the dough.
  • Heat oil in a pan and fried muthiya on low-medium flame till it becomes golden brown in color or roast chapati on low flame till it becomes crispy.
  • When it becomes cooked, grind it in a mixture jar properly. Also, sieve it.
  • Then add ghee and mix well with ladoo mixture.
  • Now in a pan, add sugar and water. Cook till sugar syrup reaches two-string consistencies.
  • Switch off the gas and add ladoo mixture and cardamom powder. Mix well.
  • Cool down the mixture slightly and roll the ladoo into a round shape.
  • Garnish with pistachio and serve ladoo or you can store it in an airtight container for 6-7 days.

Notes

  • Rub oil/ghee with flour and the proportion of oil should bind flour together in your hand.
  • Press fingers in rolled muthiya so it will be evenly cooked in oil.
  • The addition of ghee gives melt in the mouth texture of ladoo.
  • Sugar syrup has two string consistencies for ladoo.