Super Fast Besan Laddoo (Chickpea Flour Sweets)

Name: Super Fast Besan Laddoo (Chickpea Flour Sweets)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 20 laddoos
Cuisine: South Asia — Muslim traditions
Ingredients: 2 cup chickpea flour; 3 tsp milk; 1 cup ghee; 1 cup sugar; 0.25 tsp freshly ground cardamom powder; 2 tsp milk masala

Chickpeas and milk masala come together in this South Asian dessert, perfumed with cardamom and cooked in a pan.

25 min · Serves 20 · Easy

Ingredients

Method

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Time: Prep 10 min · Cook 15 min · 25 min total
Difficulty: easy

1
Mix the chickpea flour with the milk and then rub it over a sieve into a bowl. You should get a slightly breadcrumb-like granulated product.
2
Heat the ghee in a wok and add the flour. Cook 'til it is reddish in colour; this should take about 15 minutes.
15 min
3
Take off the heat. Add the sugar, cardamom powder and the milk masala. Let cool slightly and then roll into golf ball sized balls.
4
Milk masala is a mix of finely chopped nuts, cardamom and saffron powder that is put into plain milk to flavor it.