“Dates and Sesame Ladoo”

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Come evenings, I would crave for a snack. Haven’t we all been there?  Most of the times I would end up eating the snacks available at the office cafeteria – unhealthy and would more than often kill my appetite for dinner. In a search for healthier alternatives I stumbled on a date ladoo recipe online.

The recipe call for a long list of ingredients and procedure and was too time consuming. So I invoked the “foodess” in me and came up with my own recipes which catered to my palate. I love orange and crispies, so incorporated that in my recipe too.  This is by far one of the easiest date ladoo recipes available online. I recommend opting for a date ladoo over a dessert made from refined sugar. It’s a must have for women as the ingredients are a rich source of iron and calcium. I always have a batch ready for the entire week. From my kitchen to yours …wishing you good health always.

Cooking Time : 30 mins

Prepping Time:  10 mins

Ingredients

• Ghee
• Cashewnuts
• Pumpkin seeds
• Brown til/sesame
• Black til/sesame
• Khus Khus
• Dates
• Orange rind

Method

• In a kadai heat ghee. Roast chopped cashew nuts and pumpkin seed till it browns.
• Add the sesame and khus khus and roast till it turn brown and crunchy.
• Empty it out on to a cooling platter.
• De- seed the dates and grind it into a smooth pulp.
• Heat it gently in a kadai.
• Add in the finely chopped orange rind and the nut mix into the kadai along with the date pulp.
• Stir all the ingredients making sure it does not get too hot.
• Prep a steel plate or baking tray with ghee.
• Empty out the date and seed mix onto the tray.
• Grease your palms with ghee, take a small portion of the date mix and roll it into small ladoos.

Tip

You can make a rocky road version by adding more nuts, coarsely chopped.

Add roasted puffed rice, spread the mix on a baking tray and slice it like energy bars.

Priya Vasudevan lives in Mumbai and is a successful HR professional. She enjoys cooking and finds the art rejuvenating and a creative expression of herself. Despite her busy schedule she always finds time to cook for her family and loves hosting dinner soirées. 

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