All-Time Favorite Sugar-Free Ladoos
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- March 12, 2022
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Who doesn’t love ladoos? From kids to adults to senior citizens, everyone loves ladoos and wants to eat them to their heart’s content. A higher percentage of carbs and fat from Sugar and ghee in the ladoos makes them really unhealthy. Eating ghee, in moderate quantity though, is often recommended by health specialists and considered good for joints. Here are some ladoo recipes with moderate ghee content and replacing sugar jaggery making them super healthy yet tasty.
Dry Fruit Ladoo
INGREDIENTS
Cashews – 50 Grams
Almonds – 50 Grams
Pistachios – 50 Grams
Walnuts – 50 Grams
Raisins – 70 Grams
Dates – 70 Grams
Cardamom powder – 1 Tsp
PROCESS
Dry roast the cashews, almonds, pistachios, and walnuts until they turn aromatic and pinkish brown. Keep stirring to avoid burning them. Coarsely grind them in a blender. Next, dry roast raisins and dates and grind them into a coarse powder. Mix the prepared dry-fruits mixture and add cardamom powder. The oil from the dry fruits is just enough to bind them together. If it feels dry, add 1-2 tbsp ghee Scoop out a small amount of mixture and roll them in round balls. Store the ladoos in an airtight container and enjoy healthy ladoos.
Coconut Mawa Ladoo
INGREDIENTS
Desiccated coconut – 1 cup
Ghee – 1 tbsp
Almonds – 1 tbsp
Pistachios – 1 tbsp
Cashews – 1 tbsp
Pistachios-1 tbsp
Mawa- 1 cup
Powdered Jaggery- ½ cup
Cardamom powder – 1/8 teaspoon
Desiccated coconut – for garnishing
PROCESS
Dry roast the desiccated coconut for 5 – 7 minutes. Next, dry roast the dry fruits and grind them into a coarse powder. Take out 1tbsp and set aside for garnishing the ladoos. Roast the mawa until it is slightly pink. Cooldown everything until they are a little warm to touch. Mix toasted coconut, dry fruits mixture, roasted mawa, and powdered jaggery, cardamom powder together. Scoop out a little mixture at a time and bind them in round balls. Coat the ladoos in desiccated coconut and sprinkle the dry-fruit mixture on top. Refrigerate them and enjoy.
Oats, Sesame, and Besan Ladoo
INGREDIENTS
Ghee – 4 tsp
Oats- ½ cup
White Sesame- 2Tbsp
Gram flour – 1cup
Jaggery powder- 1 and ½ cup
Cardamom powder – 1 tsp
Raisin – 1tsp, chopped
Almonds- 1tsp
Cashew- 1 tsp
Milk- 1/4th cup
PROCESS
Dry roast oats in a pan for 5-7 minutes on medium flame. Grind them into fine powder after cooling down and set aside. Roast sesame seeds until aromatic and churn them in a grinder for 1-2 pulses. Add ghee in a pan and roast gram flour on low-medium flame until aromatic. Add the oats powder and sesame and roast for another 4-5 minutes. Cool down the mixture until it is slightly warm to the touch. Add powdered jaggery, cardamom powder, roasted and powdered dry fruits. Mix everything. Next, add warm milk and combine well. Scoop out little mixture and bind them in the shape of ladoos. Refrigerate them and enjoy.
Mawa Sesame Ladoos
INGREDIENTS
White Sesame – ½ cup
Ghee – 1 tbsp
Almonds – 1 tbsp
Pistachios – 1 tbsp
Cashews – 1 tbsp
Pistachios-1 tbsp
Mawa- 1 cup
Powdered Jaggery- ½ cup
Cardamom powder – 1/8 teaspoon
PROCESS
Dry roast the Sesame for 5 – 7 minutes. Next, dry roast the dry fruits and grind them into a coarse powder. Roast the mawa until it is slightly pink. Cooldown everything until they are a little warm to touch. Mix toasted sesame, dry fruits mixture, roasted mawa, powdered jaggery, and cardamom powder. Scoop out a little mixture at a time and bind them in round balls. Refrigerate them and enjoy.
Note: These ladoos have short shelf life due to added dairy products such as mawa and milk. Keep them refrigerated and consume within 3-4 days.
