Bandar ladoo are a popular ladoo variety from Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh. These are made with gram flour, sugar, jaggery and ghee.

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.