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Protein Laddoo - healthy and tasty kids snack recipe
Course
Dessert, Snack
Cuisine
Andhra, Indian
Prep Time
30
minutes
Cook Time
30
minutes
Total Time
1
hour
Calories
90
kcal
Author
Bindu
Ingredients
170
grams
or 3/4 cup black gram/urad dal
30
grams
or 1/3 cup oats
35
grams
or 1/4 cup cashew nuts
35
grams
or 1/4 cup almonds
80
grams
1/2 cup ragi/finger millets flour
200
grams
jaggery powder
75
ml
ghee/clarified butter
5
cardamom pods
Instructions
Rinsing and drying Black gram.
rinse urad dal/black gram until the water comes out clean.
wash very quickly and strain out the water immediately.
put them on a clean dry cloth and rub until the moisture disappears.
keep under the ceiling fan or in sunlight for 15-20 minutes.
Dry Roasting.
roast cashew nuts, almonds for 2-3 minutes and set aside.
dry roast oats for 2 minutes and keep aside.
next, put the black gram and roast until you feel nice flavor or until they turn into light brown
color.it
takes 10-15 minutes approximately.
Grinding.
grind all the roasted ingredients one by one and keep aside.
Mixing.
melt 2 - 3 tbsp of ghee in a pan.
add finger millets/ragi flour and sauté for 2-3 minutes until the raw flavor disappears.
add oats powder, cashew nuts&almond powder, black gram powder and cane sugar or jaggery powder.
mix for 2-3 minutes on low heat and turn off the heat.
Making Laddoos.
take melted ghee and pour 2-3 tbsp in a small part of the mixture.
mix that part really well.take a fistful of mixture and shape into laddoo packing tightly.
for a variation, you can use honey to make laddoos.