Wheat, urad dal and ragi ladoos are made with wheat flour, ragi flower, other grains and sweetened with jaggery. These ladoos are very healthy and can be consumed by everyone.
High in calories, these ladoos are good for kids who need energy throughout the day to run around and do various activities. Since they are sweetened with jaggery and not with refined sugar, it is a really healthy sweet snack alternative to chocolates and cakes.
Lets check the recipe now!!!
INGREDIENTS
Serves – 20-25 ladoos
- Urad dal – ½ cup
- Fried gram – ¼ cup
- White sesame seeda – 1 tbsp
- Whole green moong dal
- Ragi flour ( Finger millet flour) – 1 cup
- Wheat flour – 1 cup
- Powdered Jaggery – 1.5 cup
- Cardamom – 3-4
- Ghee – ¼ – ½ cup
- Cashew – 10 – 12
- Almonds – ½ cup
METHOD
1. Heat a pan and add in the urad dal.
2. Roast on a low- medium flame till the dal turns aromatic and changes colour.
3. Add the fried gram and roast it till it turns aromatic and changes colour.
4. Roast the sesame seeds till they splutter.
5. Roast the green moong dal till it changes colour. Also dry roast the cashews and almonds.
6. Take all the whole dry roasted ingredients in a blender jar along with the cardamom. Grind to a fine powder.
7. Take half the ingredients in a bowl and add jaggery to the rest of the ground powder in the blender jar. Pulse it for few seconds.
8.Dry roast the ragi flour till it turns aromatic and set aside in a bowl to cool.
9. Also dry roast the wheat flour and add it to the ragi flour.
10. Mix all the flour and ground grains-jaggery mixture.
11. Melt ghee in a pan.
12. Add ghee to the mixture and mix well. Try to shape into ladoos when warm enough to handle. If they hold the shape without crumbling, proceed to make all the ladoos. If not add some more ghee and make the ladoos.
13. Let the ladoos set for sometime before serving.
NOTES
- Roast all the grains and flour on low- medium flame. Keep stirring so as not to burn the ingredients. Patience is the key here.
- Don’t add the melted ghee all at once. Add in small batches and make the ladoos.
The Greedy Tummy 