TIL GUD KE LADOO | SESAME JAGGERY BALLS
Til Gud Ke Ladoo is an easy recipe whereby roasted sesame seeds are mixed with powdered jaggery, peanuts, coconut, spices and ghee and rolled into balls. Perfect recipe for the harvest season or Makar Sankranti. The best part of this recipe is that you don't need to make the jaggery syrup. Making jaggery syrup perfectly can be a challenge.
Ingredients
- 1 cup sesame seeds
- ½ - ¾ cup jaggery powdered
- ¼ cup peanuts
- ¼ cup desiccated coconut
- 2 - 4 tbsp ghee solid
- 10 dried cranberries
- ½ tsp cardamom powder
Instructions
- Roast the sesame seeds in a wide pan over low heat, stirring constantly, till they begin to crackle or pop.
- Remove the seeds into a wide plate or tray.
- Add the peanuts to the pan and roast them over low heat. Stir them constantly till they begin to split.
- Remove the peanuts. Add the coconut and roast, stirring constantly till it gives out aroma.
- Remove the coconut from the pan.
- Put all the roasted ingredients, cardamom powder, jaggery powder, ghee and cranberries in a food processor.
- Process till the whole mixture is fine and comes together like a paste.
- Take about a tablespoonful of the mixture and by pressing it in your fist, make a ball or ladoo.
- Work as fast as you can as its easier to form the balls. If the mixture becomes cold and doesn't shape well, just put it in the microwave oven for 30 secs or less.
Notes
- Use a combination of white and black seeds.
- Add jaggery according to your taste.
- Can omit the dried cranberries.
- If the mixture is too dry, add more ghee.
- Can replace dried cranberries with 2 large soft dates or chopped figs. Or with an equal amount of raisins.