required ingredients:
- 1/2 cup cashew
- 1/2 cup pista
- 1/2 cup almonds
- 1/2 cup walnuts
- approximately 10 dates
- 5 to 7 figs(anjeer)
optional ingredients:
- 2 spoon chopped coconut
- 1 spoon seeds of your favourite
preparation of laddu:
- Roast the almonds and cashew on medium heat until slightly aromatic.
- Add pista's and fry for another 2 minutes.Turn off the stove.
- Dry roast nuts in microwave for 1 minute on high.
- Keep them in a plate to cool.Add dates,apricots and figs to the hot pan and just stir them until slightly hot.
- This is done to make them last when you place them aside.
- You can also skip this process to prevent slight loss of nutrition.
- If you are using seeds,roast them until they turn aromatic.Set these aside.
- When all of them cool down,add dates,apricots and figs to a blender along with pista's.
- Use an steel or glass blender jars or a food processor and blend them to a coarse mixture
- remove to a plate and add the cashews and almonds.again pulse them a few times to get coarse mixture
how to make ladoo:
- Remove the entire blended mixture into a plate.if using seeds,add them and mix well.
- Divide the mixture to parts and roll into balls.
- For garnishing,roll them over chopped pista or chopped coconut
- store them in airtight jar
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