Besan laddoo

Besan or chickpea flour laddoos are quite common at our place ,made for every other occasion.Its a delicacy that everybody craves for. This ones taught by my Mother in law. The chickpea flour used should be perfectly roasted in ghee,if not then this might upset the stomach. I have seen many other websites where they have used almonds or pistachios to decorate the laddoos I have used our traditional option of just adding cashews and raisins. The sugar measurement should be a little more than the besan flour.

 Ingredients,
Chickpea flour- 2 cups ( Besan)
Sugar- 21/2  cups ( you can use 2  cups if  using raisins, we are a sweeeeet eating family)
Ghee-  1/2 cup + 1/4 cup. (if using only 2 cups of sugar,add only 1/2 cup of ghee)
Cashews- 2 tbsp and few extra for garnishing.( cut into small pieces) and some extra for garnishing.
Raisins- 1 tablespoon
Cardamom powder- 10- 11 ( seeds to be powdered,I do not use powdered cardamoms because they usually  loose their aroma  once the pack is opened)

1. Take chick pea flour in a pot slowly add ghee to it and put this on stove on a low flame.Mix.This mix will be very thick and hard to roast.
2. Slowly ghee starts melting and flour will be easy to stir.
3. Keep stirring until the raw smell of the flour is gone,it takes about 8 - 10 minutes.
4. Now you can see the ghee coming out of the flour,take this out of the pan and pour it into a bowl to cool down just a little.
5. Roast cashew nuts  and raisins in  1 tablespoon of ghee to slightly brown color.
6. Let this cool for about 2 minutes and then add sugar and cardamom powder.
7. Take a hand full of this mix and roll it all around and make laddoos.
8. Before you give a nice proper shape,add a small piece of cashew on the top of the laddoo and give it
9. a proper shape.
10. Store them in air tight jar.

Take 2 cups chickpea flour.

Slowly add ghee and keep it on a low flame.

slowly stir.

Until the mix melts completely with roasted chickpea flour starts

leaving its aroma and you get a nice mustard color.

Pour it into a bowl and allow it to cool for a few minutes.

Roast cashew nuts and raisins in 1 tbsp of ghee.

Add cardamom powder.

Add roasted cashew nuts and raisins with sugar.

Take a lump of the mix and mold it into laddoo with 

your palms with a small pice of cashew on top.

Give it a nice shape.

Besan Laddoo.