Paushtik Ladoo

Hello,

My friend Samita's mom gave me this wonderful recipe. Thanks Samita & kaku!
This easy recipe makes very tasty and healthy ladoo. This is the perfect recipe if you do not want to make separate edible gum ladoo, methi ladoo and haliv ladoo in winter or postpartum. This recipe makes 40 small size ladoo.

Ingredients:

Grated Coconut - 2 Cup (Firmly Packed)

Dry Dates(Kharik) - 2 Cup

Aliv(Haliv) - 3 Tbsp

Edible Gum - 1/3 Cup

Methi Dana(Fenugreek Seed) - 1/4 Cup

Cashew Nuts - 1/2 Cup

Almonds - 1/2 Cup

Godambi - 1/4 Cup

Milk - 3/4 Cup to 1 Cup

Ghee - 1/3 Cup

Nutmeg Powder - 1/4 Tsp

Cardamom Powder - 1/4 Tsp

Grated Jaggery - 2 1/4 Cup

Method:

1) Dry roast fenugreek seed (methi dana) for 4-5 min on low medium flame.

2) Let it cool and grind to fine powder. In a big bowl take this fenugreek seed powder and add milk in it and mix well. 

3) Cover this mixture and keep aside for 4 hrs to overnight.

4) Dry roast grated coconut till golden in color and keep aside to cool.

5) In the same pan dry roast alive for 2-3 min. and keep aside. 

6) Dry roast poppy seeds for 1-2 min. and keep aside.

7) Deseed dry dates and grind it with roasted coconut to fine powder. Take a big broad bowl and put this ground mixture in it. Put all further ground items in this bowl.

    Tip: You can sun dry the dates if required before grinding.

8) Grind haliv, cashew nuts, almonds and godambi to coarse powder.

9) Grind edible gum to fine powder.

10) Add fenugreek seeds mixture, cardamom powder and nutmeg powder in the above ground mixture and mix well.

11) Heat ghee in pan and add jaggery in it, let the jaggery melt. Stir continuously once jaggery comes to boiling point switch off stove.

12) Add this jaggery syrup in above ground mixture in a bowl and mix well with spoon.

13) Apply little ghee on palms and make ladoo of this mixture of your desired size.

14) Store in air tight container and serve as required.

Paushtik Ladoo