Simple, practical, and full of everyday flavour, Bandar Laddu (Thokkudu Ladoo) is a vegetarian Andhra dessert made with simple everyday ingredients in about 95 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 5 minutes
  • Cook time: 90 minutes
  • Total time: 95 minutes
  • Yield: 24
  • Category: Dessert
  • Cuisine: Andhra

Ingredients

  • 300 grams besan (/gram flour / senaga pindi (best quality that smells fresh))
  • 300 grams jaggery (, grated white (jaggery that is light in color) (2 cups grated))
  • ½ cup water (for jaggery syrup)
  • ½ cup sugar
  • ¼ tsp cardamom powder
  • 1 cup ghee (solid, (if needed you will have to use few tbsps. extra upto ¼ cup))
  • 1 handful cashews (and raisins (I did not use raisins))
  • Rock sugar (, small pieces (I did not use))

Method

  1. Cooking method to follow from step by step photo instructions.

Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note

Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.