Besan Ladoo

Besan Ladoo is one of the delicious sweets which I loved when mom made. The wonderful aroma that fills the entire house when besan is being in ghee is just divine and hard to resist! Here is an age-old recipe I got from mom :)

Ingredients -
1 cup Besan/chick pea flour
3/4 cup Sugar
3/4 cup Ghee/Clarified butter
2 tbsp chopped Almonds, Cashews
1 tbsp Golden Raisins
1/2 tsp Cardamom powder

Method -
1. Heat a thick-bottomed pan and add the ghee when hot.
2. When the ghee heats up, reduce the flame to medium and add the besan slowly.
3. Mix the besan with ghee properly, and roast the mixture with constant stirring. It is very important to cook this on medium flame so that it gets cooked all the way through and there is no raw smell of besan. Also, it has to be stirred continuously, else the bottom layer gets burnt easily.
4. After roasting the mixture for about 8-9 minutes, there is a strong aroma of the besan being cooked and the mixture slowly turns a little darker in colour.
5. At this point, add the sugar and cardamom powder and give it a good mix. make sure there are no lumps.
6. Once it is mixed, turn off the heat and allow the mixture to cool for about 10 minutes.
7. Add the chopped almonds, cashews and raisins to the mixture. Make small balls when the mixture is still warm using your palms.
8. Allow it to cool to room temperature. They can be made ahead of time and stored for nearly a week.

Garnish with chopped nuts and enjoy these super delicious ladoos! :)