Gond Ke Ladoo / Gond Ke Laddu
Gond ke laddu is a popular winter sweet from north India. Edible Gum aka Gond is also known as Badam pisin. For this ladoo I have used Wheat flour you can replace it with any millet flour or roasted gram flour. Gond laddu are tasty as well as healthy.These ladoos are loaded with nuts, wheat flour in addition to Gond is very filling yet healthy recipe. it is good for nursing / lactating mums.
Servings: 8 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup Atta / wheat flour
- 1/4 cup Cashew nuts
- 1/4 cup Raw almonds
- 1/4 cup Badam Pisin/ Gond
- 1/4 tsp Cardamom powder
- 1 cup Jaggery
- 1/2 cup Ghee (or as you need to hold ladoo)
Instructions
- Heat 1/4 cup ghee. Add Gond and fry till all the Gond puffed up. Continue to stir till it is done. Remove it and let it cool down
- Add Cashew & Almonds till nice slight brown color. Remove it. Let it cool down
- In the same pan add another 2 tablespoon of ghee, Add atta and fry till nice aroma released
- Grind roasted nuts, roasted Gond into Coarse powder. Add this & Cardamom powder to roasted atta. Add Jaggery powder and mix well. Add rest of the Ghee. Mix well.
- When the laddu mixture is still hot and the heat is tolerable to you, 1.5 tablespon of mixture. Shape in a round ladoo. If you the shape is not holding more Ghee mix well and try again
Notes
Notes
- You can replace jaggery with raw sugar or coconut sugar
- Instead of using mixed nuts you can go with one nut either cashew or almond
- Make sure you fry Gond well
Health benefits of Gond ke ladoo
- Gond is heaty hence helping to regulate body temperature during winter
- This recipe is rich with ghee, nuts which gives required nutrients to body
- Gond also high in calcium which helps to strengthen bones and milk production in new mum / nursing mum
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