Besan Ladoo

Ingredients:

Besan flour (Senagapindi) - 1 cup

Sugar - 3/4 cup

Ghee - 1/4 cup

Cashews - 10-12 (optional)

Cardamom powder - large pinch

Procedure:

1. Take a wide kadai, heat ghee, add chopped cashews and fry them until they turn to golden brown. Drain all the cashews from ghee and set aside.
2. Now add besan flour and fry in remaining ghee until it turn to golden yellow with nice aroma.
3. Take a wide cooking vessel, add sugar, very little water and mix well to get syrup with thin consistency. Sprinkle some cardamom powder and mix well.
4. Switch off the flame, add fried besan, chopped cashews and mix well. Cool the besan mixture until it turns warm. Now take a small portion of mixture and make in to small balls of required size.