Besan ka Laddoo

Ingredients

• Chick pea flour (Besan) 220 g (2 cups)
• Clarified Butter (Ghee) 150 g (10 tbsp)
• Cardamom (Elaichi) powder ½  tsp
• Powdered sugar   180 g (3/4 cup)
• Some roasted and chopped almonds to decorate, if you so desire

Preparation

• Melt the clarified butter and add the flour.

• Stir fry over low heat.

• It is done when it gets a pasty look, and then the mixture tends to stick together in patches. Its finally done, when the colour is a light brown, and the base of the pan looks a little wet

• Shut off the heat and leave the mixture to cool completely.

• Add the sugar and the cardamom, and mix very well, pressing and scraping, and rubbing it between your fingers to make sure that it is blended thoroughly.

• Proceed to shape the `laddoos' now.

• Decorate the top of each with the almonds.

• You can make these and store in air tight containers. They last a minimum of 4-6 weeks in the refrigerator.