Rajasthan

Besan ladoo

Name: Besan ladoo
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 12 servings
Cuisine: Rajasthani
Ingredients: 2 cups preferably coarse ladoo besan besan (chickpea flour, gram flour); 2/3 cup ghee; 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar; 1/2 tsp cardamom; a few chopped almonds; a few chopped pistachios

Gram flour, ghee and patience rolled into a ball. Mostly patience.

45 minTime

5 gProtein each

mildSpice

A ladoo for every occasion3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

264kcalsame

5 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

45minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Besan (chickpea flour, gram flour)2 cups, preferably coarse ladoo besan

Ghee⅔ cup

Sugar1¼ cups, powdered

Cardamom½ tsp

Almondsa few, chopped

Pistachiosa few, chopped

Method

5 steps

1Melt the ghee in a heavy kadai, add the besan and roast on low heat, stirring constantly.
2Keep roasting and stirring until the besan turns golden and smells nutty.
3Take off the heat, stir in the cardamom and nuts, and let it cool until just warm.
4Mix in the powdered sugar thoroughly.
5Take a small portion and roll firmly between your palms into a smooth ball. Store in an airtight jar.

Serve it like this

Serve in small bowls, warm or chilled as it likes best, with a few chopped nuts on top.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Rajasthan

Besan ladoo

Gram flour, ghee and patience rolled into a ball. Mostly patience.

45 minTime

5 gProtein each

mildSpice

A ladoo for every occasion3 chapters · 2 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayThe original. Handle with reverence.

The original

264kcalsame

5 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

45minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Besan (chickpea flour, gram flour)2 cups, preferably coarse ladoo besan

Ghee⅔ cup

Sugar1¼ cups, powdered

Cardamom½ tsp

Almondsa few, chopped

Pistachiosa few, chopped

Method

5 steps

1Melt the ghee in a heavy kadai, add the besan and roast on low heat, stirring constantly.
2Keep roasting and stirring until the besan turns golden and smells nutty.
3Take off the heat, stir in the cardamom and nuts, and let it cool until just warm.
4Mix in the powdered sugar thoroughly.
5Take a small portion and roll firmly between your palms into a smooth ball. Store in an airtight jar.

Serve it like this

Serve in small bowls, warm or chilled as it likes best, with a few chopped nuts on top.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Besan ladoo

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Besan ladoo

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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