Besan Oats Ladoo

Looking for quick, easy and healthy sweet treat recipe? Then, try my besan oats ladoo. These ladoos are aromatic, festive, melt-in-mouth, gluten-free and absolutely delicious. Besan (gram flour), oats powder, cardamom, ghee and sugar are the main ingredients in making these ladoos (laddu).

More ladoo recipes to try – Rava Ladoo, Sunnundalu (mash ke ladoo), Kobbari Louz (Coconut Ladoo)

About This Recipe

Besan Ladoo aka Besan ke laddu is super easy to make best North Indian festive sweet recipe. Adding oats powder is my twist to make these laddus healthy. And also it is just my way of incorporating oats in lil’M’s meal plan.

Traditionally these ladoos are made with besan only, which is gram flour. Adding oats powder is purely optional. There are many different ways of making these laddus. The recipe I am going to share with you today is very simple and easy. My lil one fondly calls these as Chota Bheem Ladoos.

Besan Oats Ladoo

There are many different ways of making these ladoos. The recipe I am sharing with you today is simple and easy. The whole taste of besan ladoo depends on roasting of besan (gram flour). Be patient and slow roast besan till nutty aroma starts in it.

Continuously stir besan. Otherwise, it will stick to the sides or bottom and the color of besan will turn brown. If the besan turns brown, then it will ruin the taste of ladoos.

If using oats powder, then dry roast oats for 2-3 minutes and leave them to cool completely. Upon cooling, grind and make a very fine powder.

You can even use finely chopped or coarse ground dry fruits like cashews, almonds, walnuts etc.

Oats Besan Ladoo Ingredients

Besan | Gram Flour | Chickpea Flour | Bengal Gram Flour – Is a pulse flour coming from chana dal or brown or kala chana (chickpea). Besan is Hindi word for gram flour. We use besan in making many sweet and savory recipes. Upon slow roasting, besan will release nutty aroma, that which makes the house smell awesome.

Oats – Apart from adding health benefits, oats powder will help in binding the ladoos and I feel it is a easy way to include oats in kid friendly recipes.

Sugar – I prefer using super fine sugar. If fine sugar is not available, then you can grind sugar and add it. You can even add powdered jaggery or light brown sugar powder.

Ghee – Use good quality pure desi ghee. Ghee helps in binding, adds aroma and unique taste to ladoos.

Cardamom Powder – Adds delicate taste, heavenly aroma and wonderful flavour.

Tips For Making Besan Oats Ladoo

Always use fresh store bought or milled besan (gram flour). Besan will turn bitter, if stored for long. Taste besan before using it.

I always transfer besan to a clean and dry air-tight moisture free jar and place it in the fridge. Doing this will increase the shelf life of besan and also keeps the besan fresh.

Try using super fine besan for making soft and melt in mouth ladoos. If you want coarse texture, then use coarse besan flour.

If besan ladoos are soft, they get to stick on the tongue and teeth. So adding oats powder will help in giving perfect texture to ladoos.

Roasting plays a very important role in making these besan ke ladoo. Slow roasting is the key to make besan ladoos tasty.

Add fine cardamom powder. Add cardamom pods to spice mixer jar and to it add 3-4 tbsp of sugar. Grind until fine powder.