Besan Ladoo
Besan Ladoos are ball shaped indian sweets that are made from gram flour and sugar flavoured with cardamom and garnished with almonds.
Recipe Ingredients
- For the syrup:
- 2 Cups/ 480ml Water
- 1 Cup/ 225g Sugar
- 2 Tbsp Lemon Juice
- 1 Tbsp Coconut Flavouring
- 5-6 Cardamoms
- 2 Cups/ 300g Besan (Gram Flour)
- 1 ¼ Cups/ 281ml Water
- 1 Tsp Yellow Food Colouring
- 1 Tsp Pistachio Flavouring (optional)
- Oil
- Peanuts
- Almonds
- Grated coconut
Instructions
- 1
Start by preparing the sugar syrup in a pan. Bring to boil 1 cup of sugar and 2 cups of water.
- 2
Add 1 tbsp of coconut flavouring
- 3
Add 5-6 cardamoms
- 4
Keep stirring. When water starts to boil, add 2 tbsp of lemon juice.
- 5
Turn off the heat once the syrup has thickened slightly. Reserve.
- 6
In a bowl, add in 2 cups of besan, 1 tsp of pistachio flavouring (optional)
- 7
Gradually mix with 1 1/4 cup of water to form a batter. (the batter should neither be thick or thin)
- 8
Add tsp of yellow food colouring and mix
- 9
Heat oil over medium high heat in a deep frying pan.
- 10
Pour the batter on a perforated ladle and do circular movements with a spoon on the ladle to ease the batter to drip through into the oil
- 11
Fry the boondi until golden brown
- 12
Drain them from the cooking oil and immediately dip them into the sugar syrup
- 13
Allow them to soak into the syrup for around 10 minutes
- 14
Meanwhile repeat the above steps till the batter is used up
- 15
Blend peanuts and almond
- 16
Add coconut and boondi. Blend again
- 17
Form into small balls
- 18
Refrigerate to set for 2-3 hours before serving
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Credits: Source: Cuisine Mauritian