Besan Oats Ladoo

Step 1: To begin making the Besan Oats Ladoo Recipe, first dry roast the oats in a kadai on a medium heat

Step 2: This should take about 2-3 minutes, tossing the oats gently

Step 3: Transfer the roasted oats into a plate and set aside to cool

Step 4: Once cool enough, put the oats in a grinder and make a fine powder

Step 5: In the same kadai, on a medium heat, dry roast the besan too

Step 6: Take care to continuously stir the besan, to avoid burning it

Step 7: You will know when the besan is roasted fully when the raw smell goes away, and the besan begins to smell toasted

Step 8: This usually takes about 10-12 minutes and the colour will change a little bit

Step 9: Do make sure you roast the besan on low to medium heat to avoid it getting burnt

Step 10: Take the besan off the heat, add the roasted powdered oats, powdered sugar and cardamom to it and mix gently using a wooden spoon

Step 11: Set this mixture aside

Step 12: Melt the ghee in a bowl

Step 13: You can either do this in short bursts in the microwave, or over a medium heat in a small pan

Step 14: Add the melted ghee, one spoon at a time, into the mixture of roasted besan, roasted oats powder, powdered sugar and cardamom and fold till it comes together

Step 15: The mixture will get clumpy and resemble wet sand

Step 16: By now the ladoo mixture would be cool enough to handle

Step 17: Grease your palms with ghee and using your fingers bring the besan ladoo powder and ghee together

Step 18: Gently shape the mixture into ladoos of the size you desire

Step 19: Sprinkle the Besan Oats Ladoo with coarsely powdered pistachio or any nut of your choice and arrange on a festive platter

Step 20: Serve The Besan Oats Ladoo on any of the upcoming festivals or store in an air-tight box for later use

Step 21: They make excellent additions to your child’s snack box too!Serve Besan Oats Ladoo as a dessert after your everyday meal of Palak Dal, Bharwa Baingan and Phulka