13 December, 2024
How to Make Nutritious Superfood Laddus
How to Make Nutritious Superfood Laddus ?Looking for a healthy, nutrient-packed treat that’s perfect for every season? This Nutritious Superfood Laddus which can be made in just few minutes ,is a traditional Indian sweet recipe that combines the goodness of dry fruits, seeds, and millet flour with the natural sweetness of jaggery. Nutritious Superfood Laddus are loaded with energy and essential nutrients, these superfood laddus are perfect for boosting immunity, especially during colder months. Simple to make and delicious to eat, they’re a guilt-free snack your whole family will love!
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Ragi Fudge
Methi Laddu
Preparation Time: 90 min
Cooking Time: 15 min
Total Time: 1 hr 45 min
Serve: Around 50 laddus (number may vary according to the size)
Ingredients
- Ghee: 400 gm
- Gond (edible gum): 100 gm
- Dry dates (khareek desseed and chopped): 50 gm
- Dried coconut (khopra, grated or sliced): 50 gm
- Almonds 50 gm
- Lotus seeds (makhana): 50 gm
- Pumpkin seeds: 50 gm
- Melon seeds: 50 gm
- Sunflower seeds: 50 gm
- Flax seeds: 50 gm
- Urad dal (split black gram wash and dry for 30 minutes ): 50 gm
- Walnuts: 50 gm
- Godambi (Bhilawa seeds) : 50 gm
- Sesame Seeds ( til ) : 50 gm
- Ragi flour (finger millet): 50 gm
- Singoda flour (water chestnut flour): 50 gm
- Kesar (saffron): around 10 strands
- Warm milk: 1 tsp to soak the kesar
- Jaggery: 450 (grated or chopped)
Method
- Fry the Gond
- Heat ghee in a pan over medium flame.
- Add gond and fry in small batches until it puffs up completely.
- Drain the fried gond and set aside.
- Remove excess ghee from the pan, leaving only ⅛ teaspoon for the next step.
2. Roast Each Ingredients
- In the same pan, roast the following ingredients one by one, adding ⅛ teaspoon of ghee for each on a low flame
- Dry dates: Roast for 1-2 minutes until aromatic.
- Dried coconut: Roast until fragrant.
- Almonds: Roast for 1-2 min
- Lotus seeds (makhana): Roast for 4–5 minutes until crisp.
- Pumpkin seeds: Roast for 1 minutes until they start popping.
- Melon seeds: Roast for 1 minutes.
- Sunflower seeds: Roast for 1 minutes.
- Flax seeds: Roast for 1 minutes .
- Urad dal: Wash urad dal ,dry for around 30 minutes , roast for 2-3 minutes until aromatic.
- Walnuts: Roast for 1–2 minutes.
- Sesame seeds : Roast for 1 -2 min
- Godambi : Roast for 2 minutes till aromatic
3. Roast Flours
- Then in the same pan roast singoda flour and ragi flour separately until their raw aroma disappears (about 3 -4 minutes each).
4. Grind the Ingredients
- Coarsely grind all the roasted ingredients (gond, nuts, seeds, dates, copra etc) one by one. Ensure the mixture remains slightly coarse for a crunchy texture.
5. Prepare the Saffron
- Lightly roast saffron in the pan for a few seconds.
- Crush and soak it in 1 teaspoon of warm milk. Set aside.
6. Melt the Jaggery
- In a large pan, melt the remaining ghee over low heat.
- Add the grated jaggery and allow it to melt completely.
- Let the mixture boil until it becomes slightly frothy.
- Add the soaked kesar and mix well.
7. Combine Everything
- Gradually add all the ground ingredients to the jaggery syrup.
- Mix thoroughly until all the ingredients are well incorporated. Turn off the heat.
8. Shape the Laddus
- While the mixture is warm, take small portions and shape them into round balls using your palms.
- Place the laddus on a large plate and let them cool completely.
9. Store
- Once cooled, store the laddus in an airtight container. They can be kept at room temperature for more than a month .
Check out the video to learn how to make delicious laddus!
Enjoy these healthy and energy-packed laddus as a snack or dessert! Let me know if you’d like further customizations .
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Lovely and nutritious recipe and that too not taking up much time👍