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Chickpea flour sweet treats or Besan Laddoo

Published on October 14, 2013 by simplyvegetarian777

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Golden and Delicious

Many of you must be thinking, what’s wrong with Sonal? One after the other, she is posting sweets recipes and not even attempting to improve on the traditional recipes in the areas of fat and sugar. So my dear friends, yes, it is still me…drenched in the season of festivities and the days of cooking and enjoying some traditional and improvised versions of Indian Sweets. After the post of Semolina and Almonds Treats, here is another one for Besan Laddoo, where Besan is Chickpea Flour and Laddoo is a round shaped sweet.

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Melts in the mouth and warms up the spirit

I remember, my mom used to make a huge jar of either Besan Laddoos or Atta (whole wheat) laddoos, whenever it was time to leave for the boarding school, after the vacations. These sweets used to help overcome the homesickness in the boarding school. Just one sweetness worked as all the love of mom. I try, not very often though, making these traditional sweets at home for kids, husband and myself, just to remember the good old days. These little sweet something keep me connected to the country, family and culture from far away :). So it is okay, to indulge for the goodness sake :). Yeah that is me justifying all the ingredients here.

Nevertheless, this sweet treat is awesome and actually good in winters to keep you warm. Who says to devour all of it yourself or to make it in huge batch to keep indulging day after the other ;). Make small batches. If make more, share :). Well enough of blabbering. Here is the recipe. It actually needs very few ingredients…awesome!

Ingredients :

Ghee : 1/3 cup. Vegan friends can use coconut oil.
Besan or chickpea flour : 1/2 cup
Sugar : 1/2 cup or to taste. You can use sugar substitute as well
Cardamom powder : 1/4 tsp
Saffron or kesar : 8-10 strands
Almonds : 4-5 chopped in slivers or fine

Method :

Heat ghee in a heavy bottom pan over low flame.

Add besan and cardamom powder and saffron threads to the ghee. Roast besan or chickpea flour in ghee over lowest flame for 10-12 minutes while stirring continuously. Roast it till you can smell the roast flavor in air and flour is slightly pinkish. Brown means burnt ;).

Take it off the flame. Let it cool down completely at room temperature.

Once cooled completely, add sugar to the mix and mix it gently with the cooled flour with hands. Mix it thoroughly, it feels grainy to the touch.

Now take 1tbsp to 1&1/2 tbsp mixture in hands and press and roll to give it a round shape. Finish the mixture like this, making balls. It will yield about 8 balls or laddoos.

Press chopped almonds on top and enjoy.

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Comments

  1. Chitra Jagadish

    August 29, 2014 at 9:27 am

    looks toothsome Sonal….

    Reply
  2. Chitra Jagadish

    August 29, 2014 at 9:27 am

    looks toothsome Sonal….

    Reply
  3. anju

    August 28, 2014 at 10:33 am

    Nice… After so many days came across ur blog so closely…. Feeling too gud… ๐Ÿ™‚ u r doing great

    Reply
  4. anju

    August 28, 2014 at 10:33 am

    Nice… After so many days came across ur blog so closely…. Feeling too gud… ๐Ÿ™‚ u r doing great

    Reply
  5. My Kitchen Moments

    August 8, 2014 at 1:06 am

    Since you are adding the sugar only after the mixture is cooled completely, dont you find that the sugar stands out as grainy and not mixing up well with the flour??

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      August 8, 2014 at 1:33 pm

      I have always done that and have never experienced it. May be because the sugar available in USA is not that grainy as in India or other countries.

      Reply
    • anju

      August 28, 2014 at 10:39 am

      V put sugar after grinding n while the mixture is still warm. So if there is any small grain that melts with the warmth of mixture while stirring it . so no grain remains… ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
      • My Kitchen Moments

        August 28, 2014 at 11:29 am

        Yes Anju, thats wat even i do. So that the sugar melts…

        Reply
        • simplyvegetarian777

          August 28, 2014 at 11:33 am

          Guys, we get very refined sugar in USA, not granulated like India.
          Will put a note in the post on that. Thanks for reminding me the difference.

          Reply
  6. My Kitchen Moments

    August 8, 2014 at 1:06 am

    Since you are adding the sugar only after the mixture is cooled completely, dont you find that the sugar stands out as grainy and not mixing up well with the flour??

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      August 8, 2014 at 1:33 pm

      I have always done that and have never experienced it. May be because the sugar available in USA is not that grainy as in India or other countries.

      Reply
    • anju

      August 28, 2014 at 10:39 am

      V put sugar after grinding n while the mixture is still warm. So if there is any small grain that melts with the warmth of mixture while stirring it . so no grain remains… ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
      • My Kitchen Moments

        August 28, 2014 at 11:29 am

        Yes Anju, thats wat even i do. So that the sugar melts…

        Reply
        • simplyvegetarian777

          August 28, 2014 at 11:33 am

          Guys, we get very refined sugar in USA, not granulated like India.
          Will put a note in the post on that. Thanks for reminding me the difference.

          Reply
  7. shamsskitchen

    October 15, 2013 at 6:45 am

    I wanted to try making laddoo for diwali…. your recipe looks pretty simple, let me start with this ๐Ÿ™‚ Thanks for sharing

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      October 15, 2013 at 8:56 am

      ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  8. shamsskitchen

    October 15, 2013 at 6:45 am

    I wanted to try making laddoo for diwali…. your recipe looks pretty simple, let me start with this ๐Ÿ™‚ Thanks for sharing

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      October 15, 2013 at 8:56 am

      ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  9. [email protected]

    October 15, 2013 at 3:24 am

    Thank you for sharing these great Indian sweets. Through you I’m learning to make them ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      October 15, 2013 at 8:57 am

      :).. I am no expert but I try. Thanks for your kind words Dimple.

      Reply
      • [email protected]

        October 15, 2013 at 9:02 am

        Looking at them your definitely good at making them ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
  10. [email protected]

    October 15, 2013 at 3:24 am

    Thank you for sharing these great Indian sweets. Through you I’m learning to make them ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      October 15, 2013 at 8:57 am

      :).. I am no expert but I try. Thanks for your kind words Dimple.

      Reply
      • [email protected]

        October 15, 2013 at 9:02 am

        Looking at them your definitely good at making them ๐Ÿ™‚

        Reply
  11. Eat,live,burp

    October 15, 2013 at 12:45 am

    i want to grab one from the picture now..yum!

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      October 15, 2013 at 12:57 am

      ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  12. Eat,live,burp

    October 15, 2013 at 12:45 am

    i want to grab one from the picture now..yum!

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      October 15, 2013 at 12:57 am

      ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
  13. ladyinthehouse

    October 14, 2013 at 10:43 pm

    Honestly. You make everything look like a gourmet desire:) Excellent recipes and presentations in this little corner of the web:)

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      October 14, 2013 at 11:15 pm

      Awwww.. Thanks! You are very kind! Blogging has been a school for me and at a time when I thought, I knew it all :). Lol… I am still learning and making improvements in my lifestyle. I have a 9 year old and 3 year old…they keep me busy and a quest to raise them well keeps me motivated for adapting and adopting better choices :).

      Reply
  14. ladyinthehouse

    October 14, 2013 at 10:43 pm

    Honestly. You make everything look like a gourmet desire:) Excellent recipes and presentations in this little corner of the web:)

    Reply
    • simplyvegetarian777

      October 14, 2013 at 11:15 pm

      Awwww.. Thanks! You are very kind! Blogging has been a school for me and at a time when I thought, I knew it all :). Lol… I am still learning and making improvements in my lifestyle. I have a 9 year old and 3 year old…they keep me busy and a quest to raise them well keeps me motivated for adapting and adopting better choices :).

      Reply

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