Besan ladoo | Besan ke laddu is a popular festive sweet recipe made using gram flour and ghee. This melt in mouth ladoo is perfect diwali sweet recipe. Gram flour is used to make so many sweets including mohanthal, mysore pa and many other sweets.
How to Make Traditional Besan ke Ladoo
- Besan | gram flour is one of the most important ingredient in this ladoo.
- Sugar. Of course it is a sweet so you need a good amount of sweetness.
- Ghee. Try to use good quality ghee for the aroma and taste.
- Nuts. Mixture of fried nuts adds good crunch.
- Cardamom. it adds aroma as well as flavour.
Pro Tips
- Roasting besan is very important. Take your time and roast it on very low heat.
- Constant stirring of besan when roasting is very important.
- Use fine powdered sugar for better texture of besan ladoo.
- Cool down the besan mix before adding sugar. Else the sugar may melt in the heat.
- Use good quality desi ghee for the ladoos.
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Besan Ladoo Recipe
Ingredients
- 1½ cup gram flour
- 3 tbsp sooji
- ¾ cup sugar powdered
- ½ cup ghee
- ¼ cup cashews
- 1 tsp cardamom powder
Instructions
- Take a heavy bottom pan. Add in besan, sooji, ghee and mix well.
- Start roasting on a medium heat for 15 mins till they turn golden and smell so nutty and toasted.
- Remove them to a bowl and leave them to cool down.
- Once they have cooled and bit, Add in powdered sugar, cardamom, nuts and mix well.
- Form them into balls and keep them aside.
- Serve
Notes
- Roasting besan is very important. Take your time and roast it on very low heat.
- Constant stirring of besan when roasting is very important.
- Use fine powdered sugar for better texture of besan ladoo.
- Cool down the besan mix before adding sugar. Else the sugar may melt in the heat.
- Use good quality desi ghee for the ladoos.
Nutrition
Besan Ladoo Making Pictures
1)You will need Sugar, Cashews, Gram Flour, Cardamom, Ghee and Sooji
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2)Start by taking gram flour in a thick bottom kadai
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3)Add ghee
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4)add in sooji too
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5)start roasting
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6)it will form into a coarse mixture
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7)Keep roasting
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8)After few minutes, it will change colour
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9)and starts to smell so nutty and toasty
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10)Transfer that to a bowl and allow it to cool down
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11)add powdered sugar to it
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12)add cardamom powder
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13)and broken cashews
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15)mix well
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16)form into ladoos.
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17)Serve
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How to Make Besan Ladoo in Microwave
A simple and quick ladoo recipe which can be made in just 3 mins. That too with simple ingredients. These ladoos are so perfect and can be made in just 3 mins. It can be made from start to finish in under 10 mins, this includes shaping ladoos too. These ladoos just melt in your mouth and I loved this more than traditional ladoos.
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Recipe for Microwave Besan Ladoo
Ingredients
- ½ cup gram flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¼ cup ghee
- 10 cashews
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
Method
- Add sugar in a blender and make it into a fine powder.
- Take a microwave safe bowl, add in ghee and cashews, pop it in microwave and cook for a min.
- Remove it and add in gram flour. Mix well. Pop it microwave and cook for 2 mins. Remove it and mix well.
- Now add in powdered sugar to the hot besan mix and mix well. Add in cardamom powder and mix well.
- Take a small portion from it and shape it into tight ladoos.
- Serve
Microwave besan ladoo pictures
1) Ingredients for microwave besan ladoo
2)Take sugar in a blender
3)powder into a fine texture
4)Take ghee in a microwave safe bowl.
5)add cashews and microwave for 1 min
6)microwave for 1 min
7)add in gram flour
8)mix this well
9)cook for 2 mins in microwave
10)stir well and add in powdered sugar
11)mix well. it will get crumbly texture
12)add in cardamom powder
13)take small portion
14)shape it into ladoos
15)enjoy besan ladoos
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Hasna
I thnk its nt a gud plan to diet during diwali time... All these blogs r filled with sweet recipes tht i cant get contro f
kausers kitchen
Ladoos look really mouthwatering....perfectly made.
Happy Diwali ,have a great time with ur luvd ones 🙂
Roshu
My all time fav
Parsley Sage
Ooooh! I love this time of year 🙂 So many of my bloggy friends do Diwali recipes and they always look so delicious. These are no exception! YUMMY!
sharon
for how many days can we store these ladoos
mjskit
I had these once at a local Indian restaurant and absolutely fell in love with them. Thanks so much for sharing this wonderful recipe!
Aarthi
@sharonYou can store this for about a week
a-boleyn
When you say 'powdered sugar' do you mean 'icing sugar' the finely ground white sugar which usually has cornstarch in it?
Aarthi
@a-boleynNo it is normal sugar which has been powdered
Anonymous
Hello,
I tried to make the ladoo's and I don't know what went wrong but the batter became very watery instead of being powdered like yours. Please help.
Aarthi
@AnonymousMay be you must have added too much ghee. Roast more gram flour and add it in, add more sugar if needed.
sindhuja
Wow..aarthi thanks for sharing microwave recipe. ..they r so helpful..keep going
Btw I just saw ur puthugam tv show in YouTube...yesterday
Great work in tat arthi..I appreciate ur dedication towards cooking..and ur efforts to blog for us....
Anonymous
Hi ! Tried making them, but there was a strong smell of besan , can u tell me what I did wrong
Anonymous
Hi aarthi. Which mode and what temperature should I put in the microwave
Aarthi
@AnonymousEach oven varies..You have to cook it till the raw smell leaves..May be you should have microwaved it for 1 more min to get rid of the raw smell
Aarthi
@AnonymousThis has to be done in normal cooking mode and high power
Anonymous
Hey Aarthi, yummy receipe. tried it just now and cannot stop eating it.
thanks..
Anonymous
Brilliant and such a easy recipe. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Anonymous
Tried it out today and it was simply superb
Babe Kaur
Looks very yummy how to powder the sugar ?? Or can use castor sugar instead ??
Aarthi
@Babe KaurJust take granulated sugar and powder it in blender. You can use castor sugar instead
Anonymous
Your microwave recipes really rocks...and i find it so helpful...
Bharathi Mohan
Tried ur receipe today. It came out well. Thank u
Anonymous
Do you use regular besan or do you need a diff variety?
Kamala Anand
Do we need to add semolina? And the gram flour used , should it be coarse or the store bought usual nice flour is enough?
Aarthi
@Kamala Anandyes it gives nice texture...u can use normal flour
Aarthi
@AnonymousRegular besan is good
Yasmin Azad
I just made this all went good except when making round my ladoo breaks should I add ghee
Yasmin Azad
Thank you very much all your recipes are wonderful and really taste yummy yummy
Aarthi
@Yasmin Azadyes u have to add ghee
Anonymous
Can we use oil instead of ghee?
Aarthi
@Anonymousghee is what gives flavour to the ladoos
Anonymous
Can we use icing sugar instead of powdered one
Aarthi
@Anonymousyes u can use icing sugar
POONAM
Awsome receipe...Can you please share Moong Dal ladoo receipe as this is healthy for kids and easy to digest
Anam
I tried to make besan laddoo following Manjula aunty's recipe. After the stirring of besan , I cooled it down and added powdered sugar which made it really grainy because the sugar didnt melt. I tried to heat the mixture again so that sugar melts but it didnt work and was spoiled.How can I avoid this problem ? I really want to make it but I fear that this may happen again.
Aarthi
@Anamuse finely powdered sugar to it..or follow this method/https://www.yummytummyaarthi.com/2014/08/microwave-besan-ladoo-recipe-3-mins.html
Sara MJ
I simply looooove this!!It's my go to recipie for a ladoo. It's such a popular sweet in our house. Thank you.
Sumay nazim
Hi arthi....I always follow ur recipes...I don't know why..bitter taste of basen S coming...can U help??
Aarthi
@Sumay nazimroast besan little more
Anonymous
Hi Aarthi,
Am a bigg fan of your cooking.
I just tried this recipe and it has come out awesome.your measurements are so accurate.all the techniques and tips are so helpful for someone like me who is new.to cooking.thanks !!
Anonymous
Hi.. This looks really lovely!
I don't have ghee, so is there anyway to subsitute ghee with something else?
Please continue to do what you are doing!
Aarthi
U can use melted butter for this.
mohan
it's my faviourite reciepe. i love to eat besan ladoo. thanks for sharing these recipe. i will cook this time at my home and surprise my mum with this.
Anonymous
Hi,
Is it ok if i use brown sugar instaed of white ?
Karen Pinto
Hi Aarthi.. Tried this recipe today but once i added the besan it went dry.. It didn't look the way u showed it in the pictorial..also wen i microwaved it for 2 mins it burnt.. Wht do i do in this case.. Do i add more ghee n microwave it for maybe 1-1.5 min
Aarthi
yes add more ghee and microwave it for less minute. each microwave will vary.
Anonymous
Thank you for this receipe, but for me the besan and ghee mix were little watery maybe I have added extra ghee...donno...even sugar proportion was too sweet though I have added little less...but surely thanks this is the first time I have tried yours..keep up the good work
raghav
I am big lover of besam ka ladoo, its very tasty. Thanks for this recipe.
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