Besan Ladoos for Lynda Clark

Lynda, this recipe is especially for you! Goodluck for the coming months:)

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Yields: 20 ladoos

Ingredients

• 4  cups gram flour (besan)
• 2  cups sugar
• 3  cups ghee
• 3⁄4 cup milk
• 1⁄4 cup cardamom powder
• 1⁄2 cup cashews, broken

Directions

1. Mix the milk and 1/4 cup ghee with the gram flour in a mixing bowl.
2. Use your fingers to mix.
3. Cover and set aside for half an hour.
4. Chop nuts or break them to fine pieces.
5. Heat the rest of the ghee in a wok.
6. Now (after 30 minutes are up), fry the gramflour in the ghee for 5-7 minutes.
7. Break the whole lump of gramflour into smaller pieces.
8. Keep stirring CONTINUOUSLY (at this stage it will be sizzling and bubbly).
9. Add sugar, nuts and cardamom powder.
10. Mix well.
11. Switch off flame.
12. Transfer mixture to a plate and spread out mixture so as to allow it to cool faster.
13. After 10 minutes when the mixture is still warm but has cooled down a bit, make into even sized balls.
14. Store in an airtight container.