Food blogger and Rediff reader Anshu Pande sent us this interesting recipe of Besan Rava Laddoo.

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The festival of lights is incomplete without besan laddoos.

Here's the recipe of Besan Rava Laddoo:

Ingredients

For laddoos

• 3 cup gram flour or besan
• 8 tbsp semolina 
• 1 cup melted ghee 
• 1 1/2 cup castor sugar
• 8 tbsp sliced or slivered almonds
• 2 tbsp coarsely grounded cardamom seeds

For garnish

• 1 tbsp melted ghee
• 2 tbsp coarsely grounded almonds
• 2 tbsp coarsely grounded pistachios

Method

• In a large wok, melt ghee on low flame.
• Mix besan and semolina.
• Roast the mixture in ghee on low flame by stirring continuously for at least 15 minutes or till it turns darker in colour.
• After fifteen minutes when the dough has started to become little creamy and gooey, turn off the flame.
• Add castor sugar while dough is still warm, otherwise it would not dissolve properly. Mix well.
• Add coarsely ground cardamom powder and slivered almonds. Mix well.
• Allow the mixture to cool a bit.
• Take a handful of the mixture and shape them into small balls.
• Melt some ghee in a bowl and dip one end of the laddoos in it.
• Dip the same end with ghee on a plate filled with almond-pistachio powder.
• Store in an air-tight container.

Notes

• Roasting the besan is a tedious process and requires patience. Keep stirring continuously. Do not let the bottom layer of besan turn brown or black.
• Use of castor sugar or boora is very important. It will lend an authentic flavour to laddoos with a slight crunch.
• Addition of semolina enhances the texture of laddoos.
• If the mixture is too dry, you can add some melted ghee to bind it to form balls.

Image courtesy: Anshu Pande

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