The sweet Indian ball made from chickpea flour, sugar, and ghee is besan laddu.
Besan laddu is prepared by roasting besan, or chickpea flour, in ghee until it develops a nutty aroma. The mixture is combined with powdered sugar and commonly flavored with cardamom before being shaped into small round balls.
The sweet is served during festivals, religious ceremonies, weddings, and family celebrations across India. Nuts such as pistachios, almonds, or cashews may be added as decoration or mixed into the base.
Laddu is a broad category rather than one single recipe. Other versions use semolina, coconut, gram flour pearls, sesame, or boondi. Besan laddu is identified specifically by its roasted chickpea-flour base. It is also sometimes spelled ladoo or laddoo in English transliteration.