| Prep time 30 min | Cooking time 1 hr |
| Cousine / Course Indian sweet | Servings 35 |
Ingredients Methi Ladoo
- खोब्र / नािरयल / Dry Coconut – 250gm
- तीळ तेल / तील तेल / Sesame Oil – 500 ml
- खारीक / Dry dates – 250 gms
- मेथी दाना/ Fenugreek – 200 gms
- बदाम / Almonds – 50 gms
- काजू / Cashew – 50 gms
- गोडंबी / भाल्लाटका / Marking nuts – 50 gms
- मनुका / िकश िमश / Rasins – 50 gms
- िडंक / गोंद / Edible Gum – 125 gms
- गहु पीठ / गेहू आटा / Wheat flour – 600 gms
- इलायची / Cardamom powder – 1 tsp
- जायफळ / Nutmeg – a little
- गुड़ / Jaggery crushed- 600 gms
Instructions – Making Ladoos
- Heat pan on low-med roast fenugreek seeds until light golden, keep it side and cooled down, then grind it to coarse powder using mixer grinder
- Grate whole coconuts
- Heat pan on low-med, now roast grated coconut in two batches, add two tbsp oil for each time while roasting coconut. Keep it side once coconut gets light golden color
- Take dry dates deseed them and make coarse powder in grinding jar. Roast dry dates powder on low-med heat for 1-2 min, add 1 tbsp oil while roasting, once done keep it side
- Similarly grind almonds to coarse powder, Roast almond powder on low-med heat until light golden in color, add 1 tbsp oil while roasting, keep it side
- Grind Cashew to coarse powder, Roast cashew powder on low-med heat until light golden in color, add 1 tbsp oil while roasting, keep it a side
- Grind Marking nuts to coarse powder, Roast Marking nuts powder on low-med heat until 1 min, add 1 tbsp oil while roasting, keep it a side
- Now chop resins and roast them for 1 min, add oil while roasting, keep it aside
- Add 3-4 tbsp oil in pan, add 1-2 tbsp edible gum and fry it on low-med, grinding gum before frying helps in frying.Repeat for remaining gum keep it side
- Now in leftover oil add wheat flour and roast it same on low-med heat, add oil in between while roasting, once wheat flour gets light golden in color turn of heat
- Mix all roasted ingredients together, add 1 tsp cardamom powder and little nutmeg powder
- Heat pan on medium add jaggery and half cup water, cook until jaggery dissolves and mixer gets little thick
- Now add jaggery syrup to dry mix, strain syrup while adding to remove impurities from jaggery
- Mix everything together, take small portion and make rounds
- Delicious, energy booster ladoos are ready
Tips
- After 3-2 days these ladoos taste even better as all the flavors are absorbed well and no bitterness
- Jaggery quantity can be increased upto 750 gms depending on your liking
- Make sure to roast all ingredients well on low-med heat to avoid burning
- Jaggery syrup should not be too thick, doesn’t need string consistency
How to serve
- Served as morning breakfast, sure to provide energy for whole day
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