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Besan Ladoo is traditional sweets like Gulab Jamun, rasgully, cham cham,chennagaja,chhena poda in the sweet category. Among all types of ladoo, besan ladoo is very popular. This ladoo is famous for its delicious taste. The aroma of roasted besan with ghee makes the ladoo unique in flavor and taste. These ladoos are melt in the mouth. For the best besan ladoo recipe, you should follow some tips and tricks.
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Types Of Ladoo
Like modak, ladoos are also the favorite sweet of Lord Ganesh Bhagwan. So ladooes are the main prasad with modak in Ganesh chaturthi. In ladoos different types of ladoos are prepared. Different ladoos are always prepared for puja prasad. These are
- Boondi ladoo
- Motichur ladoo
- Til ladoo
- Suji or rava ladoo
- Mawa ladoo
- Besan ladoo
Most of us have lots of memories regarding Besan Ladoo. Ladoos are always the favorite sweets of all children due to their beautiful shape and delicious taste. Another property of besan ladoo is good flavor due to the roasting procedure with pure desi ghee.
This ladoo preparation is very easy and these are very good for growing children because it contains gram flour, desi ghee, jaggery and lots of dry foods which are good for them. You know gram flour having very good nutritional value, desi ghee also good in nature. If you are health-conscious people you may use jaggery or bura instead of sugar or chini.
The people who are on a diet or avoiding oil or ghee, sugar or jaggery due to any diseases should avoid this besan ladoo. Because this recipe contains lots of oil or ghee, sugar or jaggery, and dry fruits so, they should avoid this besan ladoo for their better health.
Benefits of Besan Ladoo
In besan ladoo besan(gram flour) is the main ingredient. You can buy this besan from the local market or online grocery shop. Generally, besan is prepared from dried chickpeas which are mostly used in different recipes. Ladooes are prepared from besan so ladoos contain all benefits of basan. Besan is high in protein and ladoos contain lots of dry fruits which are rich in vitamins. Another main ingredient is desi ghee. We all know how much desi ghee is good.
Now I am sharing the besan ladoo recipe. You follow these steps for the best besan ladoo recipe.
Ingredients
Dry fruits ———————2 tbsp
How To Prepare Besan Ladoo Recipe step by step
- Take a pan and put on the gas.
- Switch on the gas and turn the flame into low.
- Add 2 -3 tbsp of ghee/oil to the pan.
- Now add besan to the pan and roast in medium flame.
- Stir continuously when you roasting otherwise it will burn.
- If required add more than two tbsp of ghee into the besan.
- Roast in medium flame in primary stage once besan starts to change its color then turn the gas flame from medium to low flame.
- Roast continuously till ghee comes from besan this stage looks like thickness semi-liquid and a roasted smell comes from this mixture.
- Now take out this from the gas and transfer all the mixture to a bowl and add pwd sugar or bura, add your favorite dry nuts like almond chopped, cashews nut chopped, pistachios and mix with hand properly.
- After adding all these things mixture is ready for the next step ladoo making.
- Take a handful of the mixture and hold it tightly and make a round ball. Give a final touch to make a proper round shape by keeping the ladoo between two palms and rotate the ladoo.
- Like this make all the ladoos.
- Now, this is the time for garnishing.
- For garnishing cut your favorite dry fruits and keep them on the top of each ladoo.
- Keep all the ladooes in the open place for few hours then store in an airtight container and enjoy them for four to five-week.
Note
- If you want you can prepare two types of ladoo one is smooth type from fine besan.
- Another is a grainy type for that use grainy type besan or you can add 2 to 3 tbsp of water before take out the besan mixture from the gas then mix well.
Tips for Best Besan Ladoo
- Quality of Besan
Always choose the best quality besan or gram flour. Actually, you have to choose fresh besan for ladoo. Besan are two types one is the smooth type and the other is grainy type.
If you want grainy taste ladoo then choose the grainy type and if you want smooth, mouth melt type then choose smooth type besan.
If you want you can prepare besan in your home. Roast the gram dal or chana dal and then make besan by grinding in a grinder according to your taste. It may be smooth or grainy.
- Temperature
- Roasting
- Sugar/Bura
You can use powder sugar for ladoo making but for the best result, you can use bura for ladoo making.
- Desi ghee
Besan Ladoo Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Besan flour
- 1/2 Cup Bura/Sugar pwder
- 2 tbsp Ghee
- 1/2 tsp Cardamom pwder
- 1/2 tbsp Dry Fruits
Instructions
- Take a pan and put on the gas.
- Switch on the gas and turn the flame into low.
- Add 2 -3 tbsp of ghee/oil to the pan.
- Now add besan to the pan and roast in medium flame.
- Stir continuously when you roasting otherwise it will burn.
- If required add more than two tbsp of ghee into the besan.
- Roast in medium flame in primary stage once besan starts to change its color then turn the gas flame from medium to low flame.
- Roast continuously till ghee comes from besan this stage looks like thickness semi-liquid and a roasted smell comes from this mixture.
- Now take out this from the gas and transfer all the mixture to a bowl and add pwd sugar or bura, add your favorite dry nuts like almond chopped, cashews nut chopped, pistachios and mix with hand properly.
- After adding all these things mixture is ready for the next step ladoo making.
- Take a handful of the mixture and hold it tightly and make a round ball. Give a final touch to make a proper round shape by keeping the ladoo between two palms and rotate the ladoo.
- Like this make all the ladoos.
- Now, this is the time for garnishing.For garnishing cut your favorite dry fruits and keep them on the top of each ladoo.
- Keep all the ladooes in the open place for few hours then store in an airtight container and enjoy them for four to five-week.
