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Microwave besan laddu, chickpea flour balls with ghee

Microwave besan laddu, chickpea flour balls with ghee

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Quick laddus: a mixture of roasted chickpea flour, ghee, powdered sugar, and cardamom, cooked in two steps in the microwave, rolled into balls, and decora…

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Recipe from Sidheeq, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Besan laddus are festive sweets in India. This Kerala version uses the microwave to save time.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time10 min
  • Cook time10 min
  • Resting15 min
  • Total35 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodmicrowave oven
  • Estimated cost$1.35 $0.14 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.
  • Vegetarian
  • Gluten-free

Ingredients

10 people
  • $0.56
  • $0.47
  • $0.27
  • $0.05

Prices from US supermarkets for 1 of 4 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Heat the flour in a frying pan with a small spoonful of ghee, until the raw smell disappears. Let it cool.
  2. Add the remaining ghee, sugar, cardamom, and water, and mix until smooth. ≈ 4 min
  3. Pour une cuisson rapide, pour 1 minute, place the mixture in a microwave-safe bowl and heat.
  4. Take the bowl, mix well, and return it to the microwave for 10 seconds: the dough should not become too firm. ≈ 4 min
  5. Once it has cooled, shape it into small balls and decorate them with almond pieces.

The bill

Microwave besan laddu, chickpea flour balls with ghee

  • ½ cup of chickpea flour$0.56
  • ½ cup of powdered sugar$0.47
  • ½ teaspoon of ground cardamom$0.27
  • 1 tablespoon of almond pieces$0.05

Total$1.35

that's $0.14 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Equipment

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • ½ cup of chickpea flour
  • 1/4 cup of ghee
  • ½ cup of powdered sugar
  • ½ teaspoon of ground cardamom
  • 1 tablespoon of almond pieces
  • A quarter of a cup of water

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