Laddu is one of the most common and a very popular Indian sweets. It is a must in all festivals, ceremonies or auspicious occasions. During this ongoing mango season, let me share a very easy and a yummy laddu made of mango puree and semolina. It takes very little time to dish out. So do give it a try and serve, garnished with chopped pistachios.
- 1/2 cup semolina, dry roasted (makes 10-12 laddus)
- 2-3 tbsp. ghee
- 1 mango, pureed
- 2 cups milk
- 1/2 tsp. cardamom powder
- sugar to taste
- 1 tsp. kewra water
- 1 tsp. chopped pistachios
Blend the milk and mango puree and keep aside. Heat ghee in a pan and dry roast the semolina for 2-3 minutes or till you get a nice aroma.
Add the milk-mango puree mix, sugar and cardamom powder. Keep stirring on a medium flame till it gets thick and starts to leave the sides of the pan.
Switch off the flame and add the kewra water. Transfer to a greased plate and let it cool down a bit.
Apply some ghee in your palm and form into equal sized balls. Serve, garnished with chopped pistachios.
Try these yummy Jowar Atta (Sorghum Flour) Laddu this Festival. Very easy and quick to make, they are flavoured with gulkand (rose petals jam). Other ingredients like - cardamom powder, chopped nuts, rose petals, sesame seeds, rose water, sugar and ghee are added to dish out this delicacy. So check out the step by step pictorial recipe to prepare it.
- 1 cup Jowar atta (Sorghum flour)
- 1 tsp. sesame seeds
- 1 tbsp. raisins
- 1 tbsp. chopped cashew nuts
- 2 tbsp. g\Gulkand
- 1 tbsp. finely sliced rose petals
- melted ghee as required
- 1/4 tsp. cardamom powder
- 1 tsp. rose water
- 2 tbsp. powdered sugar
- dry fruits, pinch of saffron & sliced rose petals to garnish
Dry roast the jowar flour till you get a nice aroma coming through. Transfer to a plate. Now dry roast the sesame seeds too, for a few seconds and add to the flour.
Then add the gulkand, rose water, raisins, chopped cashews, cardamom powder, sugar and sliced rose petals.
Mix all the ingredients well. Add ghee little at a time and make the mix moist so as to form them into equal sized balls.
Garnish with dry fruits, saffron and sliced rose petals. Make use of these simple, easy and yummy laddoos as an offering to God or relish them as and when you feel like.
Dry roast jowar flour till you get a nice aroma.
Mix roasted jowar flour, roasted sesame seeds, Gulkand, raisins,
chopped cashews, cardamom powder......
...... rose petals,
powdered sugar,
rose water & ghee.
Form into equal size balls.
Garnish with dry fruits, saffron and sliced rose petals.
Carrots are very much in season now and Halwas & Burfis are usually made out of it. But today I decided to make some Carrot Laddus, garnished with chopped nuts. They are very easy and simple to make and can be served as an after meal desserts or had any time if preferred. I added some brown sugar and desiccated coconut along with fresh coconut.
- 1 & 1/2 cups carrot, grated
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
- 1/2 cup fresh grated coconut
- 1/4 tsp. cardamom powder
- 2 tbsp. chopped mixed nuts
- 1 tsp. rose water / kewra water
- 1 tbsp. ghee
Heat ghee in a pan and sauté the carrots for 2 minutes. Add the sugar, desiccated coconut, cardamom powder and fresh coconut.
Stir fry on a low flame till combined well and starts to thicken. Add the chopped nuts (leaving some to garnish) and rose water. Mix well and switch off the flame.
Transfer to a plate and allow it to cool down a bit. Apply some ghee on your palm and form into small round balls. Garnish with the remaining nuts and chill to serve.
