Indian Sweet Laddu
- 150 grams Besan (chickpea flour, or gram flour)
- 90 grams Unsalted butter (or ghee)
- 90 grams Raw cane sugar
- 1 dash Rock salt
- 50 ml Almonds
- 1/4 tsp Cardamon powder
- 1 Pistachios
- 1 Melted butter
- Lightly toast the almonds and then chop them up (roughly slice them lengthwise).
- Do not make them too small!
- Melt the 90 g of unsalted butter (or ghee) in a double boiler.
- Finely chop the pistachios.
- Put the besan and melted butter in a large frying pan, and toast on low-medium heat while constantly mixing.
- Turn the heat off when the mixture turns golden brown and produces a sweet aroma.
- The key is to take your time and toast without burning it.
- Once the mixture has cooled to the touch, add the sugar and salt and mix well with your hands.
- Do not let it cool too much.
- Add the chopped up almonds and mix.
- Add the cardamon to taste.
- If you like cardamon, you can add a lot and it will still be good.
- Form the mixture into bite-sized balls.
- They'll be crumbly, but if you squeeze them tightly as you form the balls, they should be fine.
- Dip the tops of the balls in the melted butter, then dip them in the chopped up pistachio to finish These will keep for at least two weeks at room temperature.
flour, butter, cane sugar, salt, almonds, cardamon powder, pistachios, butter
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/153466-indian-sweet-laddu (may not work)