Helloo foodies...how are you all?
I am feeling very excited after my two posts in which i had shared about two tasty dishes and thank you for your support.
Today i am gonna tell you in detail, how to make GOND LADDU ??
Laddu has a very important role in every festival of India and its a part of festival for every child in our country especially on DIWALI. Sharing sweets is sharing happiness and today i am gonna tell you how to prepare this dish.
INGREDIENTS:
- 6 tbsp ghee / clarified butter
- ½ cup (100 gm) gond / dinka / edible gum / anutu
- 2 tbsp cashew / kaju chopped
- 2 tbsp almonds / badam chopped
- 2 tbsp raisins / kishmish
- 1½ cup (100 gm) dry coconut / kopra, grated
- 2 tbsp poppy seeds / khus khus / gasgase
- ¾ cup (100 gm) dry khajur / chuara / dry dates seedless
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder / elachi powder
- ¼ tsp nutmeg powder / jaiphal powder
- 1 cup (200 gm) jaggery / gud
- 2 tbsp water
INSTRUCTIONS:
STEP 1:
firstly, in a tawa heat ¼ cup ghee and roast ½ cup gond in batches.
STEP 2:
roast on low flame until gond puffs up and turn slightly golden brown.
STEP 3:
keep the roasted gond aside and fry all the gond in the same way.
STEP 4:
crush the gond using your hand or with a help of rolling pin. note: do not crush in mixi as they turn to be very fine powder.
STEP 5:
now in the same remaining ghee, roast 2 tbsp cashew, 2 tbsp almonds and 2 tbsp raisins.
STEP 6:
roast until they turn golden brown. transfer to the same bowl.
STEP 7:
further, in pan dry roast 1½ cup dry coconut on low flame.
STEP 8:
transfer the roasted coconut into the same bowl.
STEP 9:
now roast in 2 tbsp poppy seeds until they start to pop.
STEP 10:
transfer the roasted poppy seeds into the same bowl.
STEP 11:
furthermore, in a mixi take ¾ cup dry khajur. make sure there are no seeds.
STEP 12:
blend to coarse powder without adding any water.
STEP 13:
now take khajur powder onto tawa and roast it with 2 tbsp ghee on low flame.
STEP14:
roast until the khajur turns golden brown.
STEP15:
transfer the roasted khajur powder into the same bowl.
STEP 16:
additionally, add ¼ tsp cardamom powder and ¼ tsp nutmeg powder.
STEP 17:
mix well making sure all the dry fruits are well combined. keep aside.
STEP 18:
furthermore, in the tawa take 1 cup jaggery and 2 tbsp water.
STEP 19:
melt and boil on medium flame till 1 string consistency is reached.
STEP 20:
pour the jaggery syrup over dry fruit mixture and mix well.
STEP 21:
now start making ladoo (greased hand) when the mixture is still hot / warm. as it hardens once cooled.
STEP 22:
finally, enjoy gond ladoo / dinkache ladoo for a month when stored in airtight container.
Now the Laddus are ready and you can have these yummy yummy Laddus.
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