besan ladoo
(sweet gram flour balls)
Ingredients
gram flour/besan - 1 cup
powdered sugar - 1 cup
ghee/clarified butter - 3/4th - 1 cup
cardamom powder - 1/4th teaspoon
raisins as desired
Recipe
1. Melt ghee/clarified butter in a saute pan and add gram flour/besan. Cook it slowly for 15/20 minutes over low flame, stirring continuously . Keep stirring until the color of besan changes to golden brown and you get nice aroma of cooked gram flour.
2. Remove from heat and set aside to cool down. No need to cool down completely, when warm add powdered sugar,cardamom powder and mix well.
3. Take a little of mixture in your hands (slightly greased) and clamp your hands along with the mixture to tighten it and make small balls. While making each ball, add raisin and press tightly. When done store in an airtight container.
Note
Add ghee/clarified butter to the mixture if you find difficult to make balls. Ghee acts as binding agent which helps ladoos to retain the shape.