Besan Ladoo /Chickpea Ladoo/ கடலை மாவு லட்டு

Ladoo is one of the most famous Indian sweets. Besan Ladoo are round shaped balls made with besan, sugar, nuts and ghee. I used to prepare some of the Indian festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi, Diwali and Krishna Jayanthi.

Ingredients
Besan Flour/Chickpea Flour/கடலை மாவு – 2 Cups
Sugar – 1 ¼ Cup
Cardamom/Elaichi – 5
Ghee – ½ Cup
Cashew – ¼ Cup
Raisins – 4 tsp
Method
Powder the sugar finely with cardamoms. Heat ¼ cup of ghee and fry nuts then keep aside.
Add flour and stir well, Roast the besan flour until nice aroma comes out. Once it roasted well, the ghee begins to ooze out from the flour.
Remove the pan from heat. Cool down little so that it is easy make as fine ladoo.
In a mixing bowl, add powdered sugar, roasted besan, raisins and nuts. Stir and check if the flour can bind well. Add remaining ghee little by little.
Take small portions and roll to balls. Store besan ladoo in a air tight container box.