Besan Ladoo | How To Make Besan Ladoo (Besan Ke Laddu)

Besan Ladoo – a popular north Indian sweets recipe, made during festivals or auspicious ocassions. Besan ke laddu is made using chickpea flour also known as besan flour, sugar, ghee, cardamom and nuts. It is extremely delicious and healthy as well, keeps your body warm in winters and monsoon. Besan ladoo recipe, indeed require few basic ingredients. But, it also includes a few important tips to get that perfect ladoo texture and colour by roasting besan on low flame. If you follow the measures perfectly and the steps to make them, then you can make best ladoo recipe. Here is how to make besan ladoo recipe step by step.

Besan Ladoo

Mithai play an essential role in an Indian culture. Mithais marks the essence of joy and cordiality in the form of greetings, celebrations, party, wedding ceremony and festivals.  You will see a vast array of mithais to be  like besan ladoo, rasmalai, kala jamun, gulab jamun, balushahi, mawa malpua, malai, gajar ka halwa, moong dal halwa and many more served and shared.

These can either be bought from the market or can easily be made at home. However, we all know that nowadays there has been an adulteration in most of the mithais especially during festivals. So, its eternally best to make them best at home. And of-course I do the same, coz the fruit of the patience and love is forever sweet, right? Indeed, Yes!!

I have made many sweets and keep continuing making them from time to time, (of-course in desi ghee too 😉 ) as my kids love them so much and I feel extremely happy and blessed when my little ones request me for making sweets for them. This time it was Besan ke laddu turn. Now, how this ladoos came into picture to make them at home.

Couple of weeks back my mother and grandmother visited me with loads of eating stuffs, along with some of the finest desi ghee loaded besan laddu, mewe ke ladoo and motichoor ke ladoo from hometown UP. Out of them, my personal favorite were Mewe ke laddoo, I found it to best one I have ever eaten. And, my son got his personal favorite with Besan ke ladoo. No doubt, they all were gulped in no time.

Besan Ke Laddu

Couple of days back he was reminding of those besan ladoo how much he loved them and immediately he asked, “Mamma, if you can make some yummy besan ke Ladoos for me”. That’s where his words with lots of love and happiness in his eyes, which geared me up to make ladoos for them, even though I was badly down with flue, body pain and fever.

Mamma (me) got up from the bed with great enthusiasm and energy and headed on to the kitchen to make the delicious desi ghee besan ke ladoo for my angel. And, here I am, bestowing delicious aromatic Besan ladoo for my family as well as for you all my dear readers and followers.

I have mentioned each step in detail along with tips to get best besan ladoo recipe at home. Saffron is optional, but yes, addition of saffron enhances the richness and flavor of laddoo. I was unfortunate to find a little coarse variety besan, as they are the best for making laddus. But, the fine besan makes the best laddoos when every step mentioned in the recipe is followed to the ‘tee’.

I feel real glad to see my kids munching on these laddoos and saying, “mamma, it’s too good”, with every bite they take in. Do I need say anything after this about the recipe and ladoos?? I guess, not!

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Besan Ladoo Recipe (Besan Ke Laddu)

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How to make besan ladoo recipe step by step:

to roast besan

1. Firstly, In a large heavy bottom pan, heat ghee well.

2. When ghee is hot, reduce the flame to very low, add besan, start stirring and roasting on a very low flame.

3. Stir well continuously and cook. Do not burn. You may increase the heat to medium and roast besan, but to get the best roasted flavor and golden color, it is always best to roast it in ghee on a very low flame.

4. After 6-7 minutes of roasting, add crushed saffron and mix well

5. Then again after 8-10 minutes, add crushed cashew nuts, and crushed almonds, mix well. Keep stirring or it might stick to the bottom and burn. You will see lot of foam bubbling up, but that will settle down

6. Roast well on low for another 5-6 minutes until aromatic. At this point you will see, it turns out to beautiful dark golden aromatic besan ladoo mixture

7. Immediately take the pan off the heat, and pour the ladoo mixture in a wide plate or tray.

8. After 15-20 minutes, this is how it looks when scrapped with spoon.

to make ladoo

9. Cool the mixture to a temperature that is just easy to handle and make laddoos. Then add powdered sugar, cardamom powder and mix

10. Take small amount of mixture and shape them into laddus. Similarly, shape the all the mixture into ladoo

11. You can keep it plain or put some nuts like almonds pctachios or cashew nuts.

12. I have used pistachio to garnish besan ke laddu. Cool and store in an airtight conatiner. Besan ke Laddu is ready to enjoy. You can store besan ladoo in a clean container under refrigeration upto 2-3 months (tried and tested storage tip)