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

Dink Ladoo/Edible Gum Laddoo

Ingredients:

Edible Gum - 1 1/2 Cup

Grated Dry Coconut - 2 1/2 Cup

Dry Dates - 2 1/2 Cup

Poppy Seeds - 1/2 Cup

Cashew Nuts - 1/2 Cup

Almonds - 1/2 Cup

Walnuts - 1/2 Cup

Sugar - 2 1/2 Cup

Ghee/Clarified Butter - 2 Cup

Nutmeg Powder - 1 Tsp

Method:

1) Dry roast grated coconut on low flame for 2-3 min. and keep aside.

2) Add 1/2 cup ghee in wok and fry edible gum 1 tbsp at a time. They puff up in a moment like popcorn.
    Let them cool for 10 min.

3) Meanwhile add more 1/4 cup of ghee in the same wok and fry poppy seeds.

4) Grind dry dates to coarse powder and keep aside.

5) Grind cashew nuts, almonds and walnuts one at a time and keep aside.

6) Grind sugar to fine powder and keep aside.

7) Now crush the fried gum with steel katori or simply grind it in grinder.

8) In a big bowl mix together the edible gum, dry dates, coconut, almonds, cashew nuts, walnuts, sugar and nutmeg powder and mix well.

9) Make a well in the middle of the mixture.

10) Heat 1 1/4 cup of ghee and add it in the mixture well.

11) Mix nicely the mixture and make ladoo of desired size and serve.

Dinkache Ladoo

Methi Ladu

Ingredients :

Methi seeds - 1/2 cup

Ghee - 2 1/2 Cup

Wheat flour - 1 Cup

Dry Date(Kharik) - 2 Cup

Cashew nuts - 1/3 Cup

Almonds - 1/3 Cup

Grated Jaggery - 2 Cup

Sugar - 1 Cup

Raisins - to decorate(Optional)

Method:

1) Dry roast methi seeds till light brown in color, let it cool and grind to fine powder.

2) Heat 1 Cup ghee in pan and add methi seeds powder in it. Mix well and keep this mixture in a container for 7 days. Mix it once a day.

3) Heat 1/2 cup ghee in a pan and fry wheat flour till pink in color and nice aroma comes.

4) Deseed dry dates and grind to coarse powder.
    Tip: You can dry dates in sun for 4-5 hrs. for easy grinding.

5) Grind cashew nuts and almonds to coarse powder.

6) Grind sugar to fine powder. You can skip sugar and add 3 cups of jaggery. I like mix taste.

7) In a big bowl mix methi powder and fried wheat flour and mix well.

8) Put this flour mix in blender along with jaggery and blend together to mix nicely.

9) Take out the flour mix in a bowl and add dry dates powder, nut powder and sugar and mix well.

10) Heat remaining 1 cup ghee and add it to this mixture.

11) Make ladu of this mixture and eat one every morning in winter or postpartum.

Methi Ladoo