Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 15 min
Serves: 12 no

Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)

1. 1 cup besan or gram flour or kadle hittu
2. 1/2 cup sugar
3. 1/4 cup ghee (I used less than this)
4. 7 - 8 cashews
5. 2 cardamom

Instructions for making besan ladoo or besan unde:

1. Heat 1 tsp ghee. Fry the cashews and keep it aside.
2. In the same pan start frying the besan or gram flour under medium flame.
3. Fry until you get nice aroma or until the gram flour turns to slightly brown in color. This will take around 5 - 6 minutes.
4. Now add in ghee and continue frying.
5. Fry until it takes a nice golden brown colour and becomes a lump. You can add more ghee if needed. Switch off the stove and set it aside.
6. Powder sugar and cardamom using a mixer grinder.
7. Add this powdered sugar in to fried besan. Rub and mix it well.
8. Add in fried cashews and give a quick mix.
9. Take a portion of besan ladoo mixture and make lemon sized ladoo using your palms.

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