Besan Laddoo

Besan Laddoo

Ingredients:

1. Bengal Gram Flour/Besan - 1 cup
2. Powdered Sugar - 1/2 cup
3. Ghee/Clarified Butter - 3-4 tbsp.
4. Cardomom Powder - 1/4 tsp.
5. Milk - to bind the laddoos
6. Cashewnuts - 8 to 10

Method:

1. In a pan, add the ghee.
2. Then add the gramflour and mix well.
3. Now add the sugar, cardamom powder, cashewnuts and keep on stirring till the mixture becomes golden in colour.
4. Mix well and form into laddoos while it is still warm. You may use milk to make the laddoos.
5. To harden, keep them in fridge for some time

Variation:You may add khoya and other dry-fruits like raisins,badam etc. Made on all almost occassions, besan laddoo is one of the most popular sweets in India. Do try it n leave in ur comments :-)

Churma Laddoo

Churma Laddoo

Ingredients:

1. Whole wheat flour/Atta - 2 cups
2. Semolina/Sooji/Rava - 4 tbsp.
3. Ghee/Clarified Butter - 1 cup
4. Powdered Sugar - 3/4 cup
5. Cardomom Powder - 1/2 tsp.
6. Milk - to bind the laddoos
7. Oil/Ghee(clarified butter) - to deep fry
8. Cashewnuts - 8-10

Method:

1. Mix wheat/atta and semolina/sooji/rava.
2. Add half cup of melted ghee and mix well.
3. Knead into a dough.If required,you may use milk for doing this.
4. Divide the dough into lemon sized balls.
5. Heat sufficient oil/ghee in a kadhai/vessel and deep-fry the balls on medium heat, till they are well done.
6. Drain onto a tissue paper and cool.
7. Coarsely grind the wheat balls in a mixer. This is called churma.
8. Chop cashewnuts.
9. Add powdered sugar, cardamom powder, cashewnuts and half cup of warm ghee to the coarsely powdered wheat balls.
10. Mix well and form into laddoos while it is still warm. You may use milk to make the laddoos. 11. Cool and store.

Variation:You may add khoya and other dry-fruits like raisins,badam etc.
You may also roll the laddoos in churma and then store them. This enhances the taste.

This is a popular Rajasthani sweet.In Rajasthan, the sweet dishes are served before the meal, with the main course and after the meal, unlike other desserts. Therefore, sweet dish is never called dessert in Rajasthan.

Rava Ladoo

rava ladooIngredients:

1. Rava/Semolina/Sooji - 1 &1/2 cups
2. Sugar - 1/2 cup
3. Ghee - 3/4 cup
4. Milk - for binding
5. Cashewnuts - for garnishing

Method:

1. Fry semolina in 1tbsp. ghee till the rawness goes, i.e., the white colour turns into golden.
2. Cool it and grind it in a mixer along with sugar,but don't let it become very fine.
3. If the ghee is solid, heat it to liquify it.
4. Fry cashewnuts in ghee.
4. Then using this ghee, make balls of the semolina-sugar mixture.
5. Add milk if required, but do not add too much of milk as it may make the ladoos too hard.
6. Place a cashewnut on top of each ladoo.

Variation: You may mix the cashewnut pieces with the semolina-sugar mixture and then make ladoos.
You may also add raisins,badam etc.

This is a popular sweet of the South. My mother used to make this irresistible sweet for me when i was small and i loved it. Hope u guys love it too :-)