Besan Ke Ladoo/ Laddu- (बेसन के दानेदार लडू)-Festival Recipe- Suji Besan Ladoo

Ingredients –

• Besan /Chick pea /Gram flour – 1½ cup
• Powder Sugar (as per your taste)
• Suji/ Semolina / Rava – 1 tbsp
• Ghee – ¼ cup (if needed you can add )
• Green Cardamom (whole /powder) – 1-2
• Food color (optional) yellow
• Pistachio (Pista) – 2 tbsp

Method –

1. Heat a pan/ khadai on low heat.
2. Add suji, cook for 2 minutes and keep it aside.
3. Add besan into the same pan, roast until the besan turns golden in color.
4. Keep stirring time to time.
5. Once besan turns golden in color turn off the heat.
6. Take a large utensil, transfer roasted besan, roasted suji, cardamom powder and pista.
7. Add sugar (as par your taste) and mix well.
8. Add ghee and mix well.
9. If it is dry, add the ghee as needed little by little.
10. Take small portion of mixture, roll them into small ball.
11. Check if the besan can bind well to roll to balls..
12. Heat the mixture if it’s getting harder to roll due to cooling.
13. Store besan ladoo in air tight jars.
14. Besan ladoo is ready to serve.