Besan Ladoo

Besan ladoo is a saviour when you suddenly decide to make home based sweet for guests. Today my mother had the same thought. I learnt it today and cooked with momie’s helping hand. We had a couple of guest coming at home today so sweet toh banta hai!!! With short notice of time, mom and I had to choose from rava ladoo or besan ladoo. We went with latter one.

It takes about 30 minutes to cook besan ladoo. Sweet and smooth besan ladoo just melts as you put it in your mouth. Sounds delicious... Let’s get to the recipe.

Preparation time: 5 minutes

Cooking time: 25 minutes

Makes: 25-30 ladoos (the size you shape into)

What goes in it:

Rava

Besan flour (Bengal gram) - 1 ½ cup

Rava (Semolina) - ½ cup

Milk- ¼ cup

Ghee- 1 cup

Sugar, powdered- 1 cup

Elaichi powder (Cardamom)- ½ tbl spn

How did I make it:

Take a kadai, put besan and ghee in it. Keep on stirring both on low flame till it gets reddish tone. This will take about 5-7 minutes. Make sure the mixture is loose.

Besan & Ghee

As you start stirring

As you keep stirring

Pinkish colour to besan

Add rava to it, this gives a nice texture to the ladoo. As you will add rava, it will swell up and gradually level down as you keep on stirring continuously on low flame. Roast it till you get light pinkish colour. This will again take 5-7 minutes of your time.

Take it off the stove and add milk to it. Mix it well stirring it continuously to avoid lumps. Also add eliachi powder to it. Once the mixture is mixed well, let it cool.

Then add powdered sugar to it and mix well.

Shape into round balls/ladoo with the help of hand. And the ladoo are ready to be served consuming little of your time & effort.

Serve this delicious light coarsed ladoo to your guests... 

Dishes for Satam

Today is Shitala Satam, most of the Gujarati wives are accustomed to it.  Cold food is consumed on this day as in food which is cooked the previous day (on Randhan Chhath). On this day gas stove is not used as per the customs.

Since my childhood days we at home celebrate satam and Mom makes a variety of food dishes the previous day. She makes sweets and snacks like laddos, thepla, sweet debhra, paratha and such like which can be enjoyed eating on the satam day by family members.

This year also the same traditions were followed. Puja and making of food on Chhath. On Satam take blessings of Shitala mata and entire day take a break from cooking food.

Here's the food items we (mom and me) made this year on sattam:

1.       RavaLadoo

Rava Ladoo is a famous marathi recipe. Simple to make and absolutely delicious. 

2.       Dhebra

 The famous Gujarati snack which is sweet and made from jaggery boiled in water and wheat flour.

3.       Thepla

All time favourite recipe and quick to make made from wheat flour with turmeric powder, coriander, salt, sesame seeds.

4.       Bajra Rotla

A rotla (millet bread) made from bajra atta/ pearl millet cooked over a traditional black sand tawa. Fondly eaten with white butter or lasan ki chutney or brinjal's vegetable.

5.       Maunthar

A sweet made cooking besan (gram flour) in ghee

6.       Motiya Ladoo

Another sweet again cooked from besan (gram flour) but with different style. Its a ladoo.

Will post other recipes soon... :)

till that time you share what dishes you made for this satam...