Recipes — Laddoo balls recipe

Ragi and Amaranth flour laddoos 0

Ingredients

1. 1 cup Organic Amaranth flour
2. 1 cup Organic Ragi Flour (Finger millet)
3. 1/4 cup sesame seeds toasted
4. 1/4 cup desiccated coconut
5. 2 tbsp desi ghee or extra virgin coconut oil
6. 1 cup Jaggery powder
7. 1/2 cup water
8. Handful of Organic Cashews and Almonds.
9. 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder

Method

1. Take a heavy bottom pan and dry roast the Amaranth and Ragi flour together for around 6 to 8 minutes on a low flame.
2. Add the ghee or oil while continuing to stir and roast for another 5 to 7 minutes or until it changes colour and becomes aromatic.
3. Switch off the flame, transfer it to a mixing bowl and let it cool.
4. Roast the nuts and coarsely grind it and keep it for later.
5. In the same heavy bottom pan melt the jaggery in water and let it boil for 2 mins and let it cool until warm to touch.
6. Now add all the dry ingredients to the flour and mix well.
7. Add the Jaggery liquid to the flour mix combine everything together.
8. Take a portion of the mixture and shape into laddoos.

Ragi Laddoos (Finger Millet Bliss Balls) 1

Here's what you need:

1 cup Organic finger millet flour
1 cup Organic seedless dates
1 cup Organic mixed nuts (pistachios, almonds and cashew)
1/4 cup desiccated coconut
2 tbsp Organic ghee or organic extra virgin coconut oil for vegans
Water

Method:

1. Toast the nuts in a pan and keep aside to cool. Once cooled, coarsely ground it.

2. Take a deep vessel put the dates and very little water, just about covering the dates and put it on gas on high heat for 1 min and the simmer for another 5 to 7 mins with the lid on.
The dates will absorb the water and become mushy.
Switch off the gas and let it cool a little and then blend it all in a blender without straining the water.

3. In the meanwhile roast the flour in heavy bottom pan with ghee or coconut oil till a nice nutty flavour fills your room.

4. Now mix the flour, date paste, coarsely grounded nuts and desiccated coconut all together with your hands and make them into balls.

Put 1 tbsp milk if you are not able to make balls.

Store them in a airtight container.