Besan Ladoo Recipe | Microwave Method | 5 min ladoo

Besan Ladoo recipe - a simple ,quick and delicious ladoo made for most festivals in India.'Besan' is chickpea flour and 'ladoo'  is nothing but a ball.Ghee adds a lot of texture,smell and flavor to the sweet along with cardamom pod.Adding roasted nuts make a crunchy bite inbetween.Over all, a real quick deliciousness.

Boondi Ladoo/Laddu Recipe

      Laddu's are everybody favourite.Recent Diwali's like for past 10 years my mom makes this Boondi Ladoo for Diwali .It is just mouth watering and so good .
      I asked her about boondi ladoo's couple of days ago ,with her explanation i just want to try it for sure .I made a very small batch and it was perfect and yummy .I used less sugar than mithai shops ladoos.

Some tips for getting perfect ladoos:

1.  After we deep fry  the besan through holed laddle it is called "boondi ".You get lot of bubbles while doing soWhen the bubbles subside it is the right time to take boondi's out .
2. Don't under cook the boondis , you get a raw smell in ladoo's .
3. If you overcook then boondi's don't  absorb the sugar syrup.And also press the boondi's in sugar syrup ,this way boondi absorbs sugar syrup well .
4. When you feel that sugar is getting crystallised try adding some lemon juice after you get the single thread consistency (or pisuku padham).
5. You can very well omit the colour added ,but adding of colour give a appealing look to ladoo's.
6. While adding water to besan be careful not to add too much water .Then you don't get proper boondi shapes  .
7. You don't have laddle to make boondi's ?Don't worry i did it with colander having circle holes in the centre.
8. My mom asked me to use pacha karpooram(edible camphor ) which i don't have .If you have it just add little bit of it in sugar syrup otherwise fine too.

Some sweet recipes for festivals/occasions:

1. Rava kesari
2. Wheat flour halwa
3. Coconut burfi
4. Kandarappam
5. Cocoa and coconut fudge

Cooking time:30-40 min
Yields:8-9 small ladoo's

Maavu Urundai - Moong dal Ladoo

This year Diwali is special because it falls on a Saturday. My husband  and my little girl will be home for celebrations. It does not feel like Diwali here I guess. We love to celebrate Diwali with fireworks. I need to figure out if there are any Diwali fireworks here somewhere. Last year we had just moved and we did not know a lot of people here. This year we do have few friends and I am making whole bunch of sweets and snacks to share with them.

This Ladoo is an authentic chettinad dish and its very easy to make. My mom  used to make this when we were kids.

This  sweet is made of split green gram dal and powdered sugar and little ghee. It Can be done in an hour without much preparation.

Preparation Time:10 min

Making time:40 min

Yields:30 laddos

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cup Split green gram dal/Pasiparuppu
• 1 1/2 cup Sugar.
• 5 tsp Ghee (use more if required).

Method:

• Roast the green gram dal for 10 min or until raw smell goes off.
• Cool it before grinding .
• Grind it in Mixer until its fine .

• Seive it and if there is a big quantity left over grind the left overs again and seive it.
• Grind the sugar to a fine powder.
• Seive it as well.

• Mix the ground sugar with the dal mixture.

• Heat the ghee in a large vessel . When it starts to smoke switch the heat off.
• Add the sugar, dal flour mixture to the ghee and mix well.
• There should not be any lumps. If there are any lumps break them.

• Take a handful of the mixture and make a ladoo by shaping it into a ball.
• Enjoy it with your friends and family.

Note:

• Use a fine seive so that ladoo is not coarse.
• If you are not able to shape the ladoo add some more ghee (don't use too much).

Check sweets like  kaju katli,rock candy rice,Apple halwa

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