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Besan Papdi Laddu

These motichoor like laddu are very easy to make and turn out awesome, they are perfect for any occasion and can be made in bulk without much hassle.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Resting Time 2 hours
Total Time 2 hours 55 minutes
Course: Snack, sweets
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients
  

To make Besan Papdi:
  • 2 cups Gram flour coarse
  • 3/4 cup Water
  • Ghee for frying
For Sugar syrup:
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 1 cup Water
  • 1 tsp Cardamom powder
Other ingredient's for Besan Papdi Laddu:
  • 2 tbsp Chopped Almonds
  • 2 tbsp Raisins
  • 1/4 cup Hot ghee
  • Halved cashew nuts for garnishing

Method
 

To make Dough:
  1. In a bowl, add 2 cups of coarse gram flour(Laddu besan), add water and knead medium soft dough. Cover and let it rest for at least 15 minutes.
To make Sugar Syrup:
  1. In a saucepan, add 2 cups of sugar and 1 cup of water. Mix it and keep it boiling until sugar is dissolved and the syrup is of one string consistency . To check the consistency, touch the syrup with finger and then touch the finger to thumb, gently pull apart. If the syrup forms a single thread without any break, then one string consistency syrup is ready. Turn off the flame immediately, do not over cook the syrup.
  2. Add 1 tsp of cardamom powder into syrup and mix it well.
To make Besan papdi:
  1. After resting, take a small portion of dough and make dough ball. Sprinkle some flour on rolling board, roll the dough ball into small puri. It should be medium thick.
  2. Fry the prepared besan puri into medium hot ghee, fry it on medium flame from both sides until nice golden in color. Fry the remining and keep them aside.
  3. To make Besan Papdi Laddu:
  4. Break all the papdi into small pieces and put it into grinding jar. Grind it coarsely, and take out in a bowl.
  5. Add chopped almonds, raisins and hot ghee in it.
  6. Add prepared sugar syrup as needed(Generally it took full quantity syrup). Mix everything well. Let it rest for 1 to 2 hours so that sugar syrup will absorb nicely. Do not cover the mixture.
  7. After 2 hours, the mixture looks dry, that means sugar syrup is properly absorbed. Now take some mixture and make Laddu. Garnish it using dry fruits.

Notes

  • Sugar syrup should be of 1 string consistency, if it is undercook or overcook then laddu will not bind properly.
  • Fry the besan papdi until nice golden but do not make it too crispy otherwise the laddus will not get soft.
  • After adding sugar syrup, resting is very important step, Give it good rest until you can see the mixture is dry and easily bind into laddu.
  • If the laddu looks little soft and not able to hold the shape, dont worry, just keep them uncovered, after some time they will get dry.