Dry Nuts Ladoo | Dry Fruits Ladoo | Ladoo Recipes
Author: Vindhya Desai
Recipe type: Sweet
Cuisine: Indian
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Serves: 15-16 ladoo
- ¼ cup pista
- ¼ Cup cashews/godambi
- ¼ Cup almonds/badam
- 8-10 seedless dates/hasi kharjura
- 5-6 dry dates/vana kharjura
- ¼ Cup raisins/vana drakshi
- 6-8 elaichi
- 1 laung
- 1-2 shreds of mace
- 1 small pinch nutmeg
- ¼ Tsp dry ginger powder/sonth/shunthi pudi
- 1 Tbsp gasa-gase/khus-khus/poppy seeds
- ¾ Cup jaggery
- 2 Tbsp water
- ½ Cup desiccated coconut
- 3 Tbsp ghee
- Keep all dry nuts and fruits together
- Chop up the cashews, pista and almonds/badam
- Also chop up both kinds of dates
- In a pan, lightly toast mace, elaichi and laung
- In a mortar, pound the elaichi seeds, mace and laung
- Lightly toast gasa-gase/khus-khus/poppy seeds
- Take the chopped nuts in a bowl
- Next add dates and raisins
- Add toasted gasa-gase/khus-khus/poppy seeds
- Desiccated coconut can go in next
- Sprinkle the pounded spices
- Also add a pinch of nutmeg, dry ginger powder
- Mix all the ingredients very well, set aside
- In a pan, add powdered jaggery
- Add 2 Tbsp water to start melting the jaggery, bring it to heat
- Jaggery starts melting
- When it completely melts, it will start to thicken slightly
- Once you can see single-thread consistency, jaggery syrup is ready
- Pour this syrup carefully over the mixture
- Next add ghee to bring everything together and to enrich the ladoo
- Let it cool slightly
- When you can handle the mixture, mix everything
- With greased hands (with little ghee) make ladoo or unde
- Enjoy as a snack for a quick energy bite or make them for a festival
You can add any dry nuts/fruits you have on hand, base usually is almonds, cashews, dates and raisins
Make sure the jaggery is clean or strain the syrup after making the syrup
Do not overboil the syrup, you will end up with hard ladoos
Pulse the dry nuts in mixie or your processor if you do not want to chop the nuts by hand
Recipe by Food Of Interest at https://foodofinterest.com/dry-nuts-ladoo/
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