Till and besan laddu
 
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: Indian
Serves: 8
Ingredients
  • 2 cups - besan (chickpea flour)
  • 1 cup - brown sesame seeds (till or nuvvulu)
  • 1½ - 1¾ cups - grated jaggery or brown sugar
  • ¼ tsp - ground cardamom seeds
  • 1 tbsp - cashews (To make nut-free, skip cashews)
  • ½ cup - fresh ghee (To make it vegan, use coconut oil)
Instructions
  1. Sift besan. Make sure of no lumps.
  2. In a wide pan, add besan and roast on medium-low heat. Roast for almost 1+ hour till besan is golden brown and raw smell is gone. You can stir every 2-3 minutes. Remember to roast on medium-low. You can sit back and watch a movie while you roast. Stir occasionally. Depending on the pan, and temperature, you can stir every 5 minutes. Keep aside in a bowl and let it cool.
  3. Roast sesame seeds until golden brown over medium heat. Let them cool.
  4. Blend cardamon first till fine powder. Then add sesame seeds and grind to the powder. Don't grind for long. Otherwise, oil in sesame seeds makes it sticky.
  5. Add brown sugar. Pulse till well mixed.
  6. Fry cashews in ½ tbsp ghee until golden brown.
  7. Add ground sesame mixture to besan. Mix well. Make sure of no lumps.
  8. Add ghee little by little, while mixing. Don't add any more ghee when perfect consistency to make balls is reached. This recipe takes a minimum amount of ghee. Oil in sesame seeds and brown sugar helps in making laddus with minimum ghee.
  9. Add cashews.
  10. Divide to equal proportions. Make a golf sized ball by pressing in your palm.
  11. Serve.
Recipe by Ujwala's Delicacies at https://www.ujwalasdelicacies.com/till-and-besan-laddu/