Besan Laddu

Besan Laddu is a simple sweet dish that can be prepared very quickly and tastes great. Usually this is made for festivals. I made this for Diwali.

Preparation time: 20 minutes

Ingredients:

• Gram Flour/Besan - 2 cups
• Sooji/Semolina - 2 Tablespoons
• Unsalted Butter - 1/2 cup
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Green Elaichi/Cardamom - 7
• Cashews - 10
• Almonds - 8

Prep:

• Remove the green coat of cardamom and grind it into fine powder with 1 cup of sugar.
• Slice almonds and cashews.

Procedure:

1. Melt butter in a thick bottom pan on medium flame.
2. Add sooji and besan to the pan. Stir the mixture continuously to prevent burning. Fry until the flour turns golden brown. 
3. Once you stop getting the raw smell of besan, remove the pan from the stove.
4. Let this mixture cool until its warm. 
5. Fry cashews and almonds in a tea spoon of butter.
6. Add powdered sugar and fried nuts to the warm mixture of besan and sooji.
7. Mix this to make sure sugar and besan mix thoroughly.
8. Grease both your palms and make ping pong ball size laddu's. Gently roll laddu's using your palms. Once the surface of laddu becomes smooth, place it on a plate and continue making remaining laddu's. With the listed measurement, you can get about 15 laddu's.
9. Let the laddu's cool to room temperature and store in a closed container. Besan laddus remain fresh for 1 month.