{"id":1586881,"date":"2021-02-24T09:17:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T15:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=1586881"},"modified":"2021-02-24T09:17:09","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T15:17:09","slug":"besan-ladoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/besan-ladoo\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Besan Ladoo"},"content":{"rendered":"Besan ladoo <\/em>is more than a dessert. It's a treat packed with nostalgia. The recipe for this Indian sweet is often handed down across generations from grandmothers to mothers to children. Diwali\u2014the Indian festival of lights\u2014is incomplete without besan ladoos and other Diwali sweets<\/a>.\r\n\r\nThanks to the simplicity of the process and the forgiving nature of the recipe (it's easy to adjust!), besan ladoo is very popular in India.\r\n

What Is Besan Ladoo?<\/h2>\r\n\"Eat\r\n\r\nThe recipe for besan ladoo (also spelled laddoo or laddu in English) is one of the easiest and simplest when it comes to Indian desserts<\/a>. Basically, there are three key ingredients\u2014besan, ghee<\/a> and sugar\u2014and three steps to the recipe. You roast the besan in ghee, add sugar after taking it off the heat and shape into balls.\r\n\r\nAnything else is just icing on the cake\u2014or rather, garnish on the ladoo!\r\n

How to Make Besan Ladoo<\/h2>\r\n

Ingredients<\/h3>\r\n\"Besan\r\n\r\nGenerally, besan ladoo is made and consumed in its simplest form. That means all the ingredients listed after sugar are completely optional. To dress up your dessert, you can add chopped nuts like pistachios, almonds and cashews, as well as crushed cardamom seeds<\/a> and dried rose petals for additional flavor and garnishing.\r\n