Children grow up so fast…I feel like he was born yesterday only and now my little boy has started going to kindergarten school. Even now when I see him sleeping, I feel he’s so little and how can I send him out in the world but I guess I have to harden myself and leave him to learn and mould and grow 🙂 …He has a sweet tooth like me and wanted to make something sweet to treat him for his first few days of school. So, I finally decided to make some besan ladoos and it definitely brought a big smile on my face to see him relish the sweet. Besan ladoo is one of the most popular sweet in North India and specially made during festivals like Diwali..It is mainly made with 3 ingredients and loaded with ghee.
Diwali is a festival of lights and one of the biggest festival celebrated in India. I love this festival as everything around you looks so bright and beautiful with different colours of lights. Everyone seems to be excited to decorate their homes, wear new clothes and light up small diyas..
So, sharing a step-wise recipe to make some delicious Besan ke laddu and hope you try this diwali season and enjoy with your family and friends. You can also check other sweet recipes on my blog like Gulab Jamun, Gajar Halwa etc..
Besan Ladoo / Besan ke laddu recipe
Recipe Type: Sweet, Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 14 ladoos
Ingredients
- Besan / Gram flour / Chickpeas flour – 1 cup
- Sugar – 1 cup
- Ghee / clarified butter – 1/2 cup
- Green Cardamom – 2
- 4 Cashew nuts (chopped)
- 4 Almonds (chopped)
Instructions
- Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in a pan and roast cashew nuts and almonds on low flame till cashews turn light brown. Keep it aside in a bowl.
- Now roast the flour on low flame in the same pan for 5-7 minutes. Keep stirring. You will soon see the color changing and the flour will leave a nice aroma.
- Remove from the flame and let it cool down completely.
- Grind sugar to a fine powder. Remove the seeds from the cardamom pods and powder it along with sugar.
- Add sugar, cardamom powder and roasted gram powder in a pan and mix it well. Add roasted cashews and almonds and mix it well.
- Heat the ghee in a small separate pan and when its hot, pour the ghee slowly in the mixing bowl and mix the content with a sptaula or a spoon.
- When its warm itself start making small balls of the mix and keep it aside.
- Once it completely cools down, store it in an air-tight container. You can store it upto 2 weeks in a cool place.
my kids love laddoos, thanks to Chotta Bheem! But I have never made them at home… 🙁 Looks really so tempting, I am sure the kids would love them… will make soon…
my kids too love laddus…
Looks so tempting .. perfect clicks too 🙂
Time flies Priya, and the time with our children passes so quickly. Enjoy every moment with your son. The besan ladoo sounds so good. I love your clear step by step recipes.
perfectly made
besan laddu one of my fav recipe
perfect.. my daughter loves it..
I have a sweet tooth too! Will you pack me a lunch box with these in them and send me off to work??! These are perfectly made Priya, I can't believe how round they are! When are you making a cookbook? I would be so thrilled to have a cookbook of your recipes. Indian food here in Australia is so oily. Delicious but really oily. Your recipes are so different but so delicious! I still regularly make the cauliflower curry 🙂
Thank you nagi for your lovely words. I wish I could send you some Nagi. It would be so much fun if we were neighbours 🙂
Superb laddoos,my hubby loves it
I came across your blog while looking for some ladoo recipes and liked a lot. How amazing! I will keep an eye on your post.
Thank you 🙂
Thanks for sharing this information,
Gorgeous little besan ladoo! Love this recipe!! I have learn this item to cook while I was studying in the hotel management