Besan Ladoo Recipe
Besan ladoo is a popular indian sweet made using gram flour which is roasted and mixed with sugar and ghee to form balls.
Ingredients
- ½ cup gram flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- ¼ cup ghee
- 10 cashews
- ½ teaspoon cardamom powder
Instructions
- 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
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
Nutrition Facts
Besan Ladoo Recipe
Serving Size
1 ladoo
Amount per Serving
Calories
188
% Daily Value*
Fat
10
g
15
%
Saturated Fat
5
g
31
%
Polyunsaturated Fat
1
g
Monounsaturated Fat
3
g
Cholesterol
19
mg
6
%
Sodium
10
mg
0
%
Potassium
147
mg
4
%
Carbohydrates
22
g
7
%
Fiber
2
g
8
%
Sugar
14
g
16
%
Protein
4
g
8
%
Vitamin A
6
IU
0
%
Vitamin C
1
mg
1
%
Calcium
9
mg
1
%
Iron
1
mg
6
%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.