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Ladoos are sweet balls made of various flours and spices are rolled with hands and held together with a huge amount of ghee. One can literally make ladoos out of literally anything. Right from food grains to cereals, from nuts to vegetables, just name an ingredient and make a laddo out of it. But we have always associated mithais that we should not have too much as these are unhealthy. We all come from this mentality. But you know what? We have some ladoos that not at all unhealthy but very much healthy. Just before you start wondering what these healthy ladoos are, here are the recipes.
Amarnath Ladoo
Ingredients
- 1 cup popped amaranth seeds
- ½ cup jaggery
- ¼ cup slivered almonds
Method
- Heat a pan and jaggery.
- When the jaggery melts properly, add amarnath seeds and slivered almonds.
- Let it cook for some time and turn off the flame.
- After cooling the mixture, make small balls from the mixture.
- Serve or store
Ragi Ladoo
Ingredients
- 2 cups ragi flour
- ¾ cup powdered jaggery
- 1/3 cup ghee
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
Method
- Heat a kadhai and add ragi flour to it.
- Roast the flour on low flame. Make sure you keep stirring.
- When the flour becomes aromatic, add ghee and mix it well.
- Let the mixture cook for 5 more minutes.
- When done, turn off the flame and keep the mixture aside.
- Now, add cardamom powder and jaggery powder.
- Mix well.
- Make small balls and serve.
Coconut Oats Ladoo
Ingredients
- 1 cup fresh grated coconut
- 3/4 cup roasted rolled oats
- 3/4 cup powdered jaggery
- 1 tsp cardamom powder
- Handful of almonds and cashews
- 1/4 tsp coconut oil
Method
- Heat a pan and roast oats.
- When roasted properly, add powdered jaggery, grated coconut and roasted oats.
- Let it cook. Then, add chopped nuts and cardamom powder.
- Cook for two more minutes.
- Then, grease your palms with coconut oil and make ladoos or balls.
- Serve and store!
