Besan ke laddoo

I have been celebrating Diwali in Pune since last 11 years or so. In every Marathi family I visited during Diwali I have been offered with a lot of sweets called faral that they prepare in Diwali. That would consist of Chivda, shankarpali, anarse, karanji, chakli and most importantly besan ke laddoo. And now I have been so inspired by Diwali faral of Maharashtra that no Diwali goes by without we making few of these items at home. 
This is how it looked like this year, few of the items brought by friends.

Ingredients:

• Besan(Gram flour)                 - 2 cups
• Ghee                                          - 1/2 cup
• Sugar                                         - 1 cup, powdered
• Elaichi(Cardamom)               - 4, crushed and powdered
• Raisins or Cashew nuts         - 10-12

Method:
1. Heat a heavy bottomed pan. Add besan to it.
2. Dry roast besan in low flame stirring continuously until the raw smell of besan goes away. 
Around 12-15 minutes.
3. When besan is roasted perfectly add melted ghee and mix it well.
Add a little more ghee if the mix seems too dry.
4. Remove from pan and put the mix in a big bowl.
5. Add powdered sugar, cardamom powder and mix very well. 
6. When the mix cools down a bit, knead the mix using hand.
7. Take small portions in your hand and roll into small balls(laddoo).
8. Top each laddoos with raisin or cashew.