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    Ghotua Ladoo | How to make Rajasthani Ghotua Ladoo

    Published: Sep 6, 2019 · Modified: Oct 5, 2020 by Srivalli · 8 Comments

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    Ghotua Ladoo is a traditional sweet from Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. It is made with besan, khoya, and sugar, pound together to form the ladoo.

    When Vaishali had visited Jaisalmer, she shared the picture of this ladoo and said it was a melt in the mouth, tasted heavenly. On further asking how it was made, she said the sweet maker said it had boondi, mawa, and sugar.

    I did a quick search on the internet and couldn’t find any recipe leading to this recipe. I saw a couple of sites that were travel blogs on this place and talks about this sweet. So I just went ahead with what I felt would be the process after seeing a video.

    So I saw this guy making boondis, then drained it to a bowl, where another guy was literally pounding it. The mixture is kneaded finely to make the ladoos. Naturally, there is ghee and cardamon added.

    I went ahead fried and added khoya, powdered sugar, and tried kneaded it with my hand. It was quite tough, so I ended up pulsing it in the mixer. I got a fine paste, oozing out with ghee. Then I added further ghee and tried making balls. And had only ghee coming out. I managed to form tight balls and let it sit.

    Since it was resting, I hadn’t sent it across to Amma and when she came home, she checked out the dabbas and tasted this ladoo. She loved it so much that she packed some for them. Hubby Dear was asking which state this is from and how I made it. I guess this is quite easy to make if you have the khoya on hand.

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    How to make Ghotua Ladoo

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    Rajasthani Ghotua Laddu

    Ghotua Ladoo | How to make Rajasthani Ghotua Ladoo

    Ingredients Needed:

    1 cup Besan / Gram Flour
    1 cup Sugar
    3/ 4 cup Khoya / Mawa
    A Pinch Cardamon
    Ghee for frying
    Cooking Oil for frying

    How to make Ghotua Ladoo

    In a bowl, take the besan and add enough water to make a thin batter.
    Heat a kadai with 1/ 4 cup ghee and rest cooking oil, just enough to fry the boondis well.
    Using the boondi ladle, pour the batter into the hot oil. When the boondis are cooked, drain to a bowl.
    Add khoya, powdered sugar, cardamom and mix well. Pulse it in a mixer a couple of times and remove it. The mix should be a fine paste.
    Add a tsp of ghee, and make tight balls.
    Ghee will ooze out, continue to make balls, and let it rest for a couple of hours for the balls to get firm.

    Jaisalmeri Ghotua Ladoo

    Ghotua Ladoo
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    Ghotua Ladoo | How to make Rajasthani Ghotua Ladoo

    Ghotua Ladoo is a traditional sweet from Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. It is made with besan, khoya, and sugar, pound together to form the ladoo.
    Course Sweets
    Cuisine Rajasthan
    Keyword Khoya Recipes
    By Cook Method Deep Fried
    Occasion Diwali
    Dish Type Deep Fried Dishes, Festival Sweets
    Author Srivalli

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup Besan / Gram Flour
    • 1 cup Sugar
    • 3/4 cup Khoya / Mawa
    • A Pinch Cardamon Powder
    • Ghee for frying
    • Cooking Oil for frying

    Instructions

    • In a bowl, take the besan and add enough water to make a thin batter.
    • Heat a kadai with 1/ 4 cup ghee and rest cooking oil, just enough to fry the boondis well.
    • Using the boondi ladle, pour the batter into the hot cooking oil. When the boondis are cooked, drain to a bowl.
    • Add khoya, powdered sugar, cardamom and mix well. Pulse it in a mixer for a couple of times and remove it. The mix should be a fine paste.
    • Add a tsp of ghee, and make tight balls.
    • Ghee will ooze out, continue to make balls and let it rest for a couple of hours for the balls to get firm.
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    Comments

    1. namscorner18 says

      September 06, 2019 at 12:15 am

      You are rocking. Such a interesting collection of recipes. Love reading and learning new things. Btw ladoo looks so delicious

      Reply
    2. Vaishali Sabnani says

      September 06, 2019 at 6:23 am

      Omg ! Valli you already worked on Ghotua ! Super ! The ladoos look perfectly made , pounding is tough , but to pulse them is definitely a better idea . This is what I was telling my hubby that these guys can pulse - why ghoto them !
      My Jaisalmer trip has turned out fruitful ... now I should take half the fare from you ! Ehe he .

      Reply
    3. Suma Gandlur says

      September 07, 2019 at 7:39 am

      You seems to have come up with a regional gem and I can guess how delicious these laddus must have been. I had never heard about this before.The pounding part resembles Bandaru laddu making.

      Reply
    4. Sushma Pinjala says

      September 09, 2019 at 2:31 am

      yummy, this is something similar to Bandar ladoo. I guess khoya is not added in Bandar ladoo. Ghotua looks delicious.

      Reply
    5. Harini Rupanagudi says

      September 09, 2019 at 5:36 am

      I felt it was similar to Bandar laddu as well except the addition of khoya. But this sounds like a sweet lover's dream, Valli.

      Reply
    6. Amara says

      September 09, 2019 at 2:43 pm

      Valli, beautiful done ladoos. Process of making it looks tedious but your tips makes it easy. Must try recipe

      Reply
    7. Priya Srinivasan says

      September 18, 2019 at 12:05 am

      Superb ladoo valli, I read the conversation in our WhatsApp group and wanted to check it out! I might try this out for Diwali

      Reply
    8. Srivalli says

      September 18, 2019 at 11:49 am

      Thanks Priya, this one came out really good. You must surely try it.

      Reply

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