I made these ladoos with a combination of pumpkin seeds wheat flour, semolina and lots of dried fruits.Well, there is ghee so it is not totally guilt free but we can skip eating healthy a few times.After all, desserts don’t have to be healthy 😉
Blogging Marathon#68 Week 5 / Day 23
Theme– 5 Ingredients/5 Categories
Day 23 Ingredient– Pumpkin Seeds
Day 23 Category – Desserts
Dish-Pumpkin Seeds Ladoos
2 cups wheat flour
1 cup fine semolina
1 cup pumpkin seeds
1 cup dried fruits mixture (almonds,cashew nuts,raisins)
1/4 cup sesame seeds
1/2 cup coconut desiccated
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup ghee
1 teaspoon cardamom powder
Method:
Dry roast the pumpkin seeds in a pan until they started popping.Remove and set aside.
Dry roast the dried fruits mixture and set aside.
Dry roast the coconut and sesame seeds and set aside.
Cool, all the dry roasted ingredients and pulse in blender to make a coarse powder.
Heat ghee in a pan or wok and roast wheat flour and semolina on low heat until it turns light golden and a roasting smell comes out from it.
In a big mixing bowl add the roasted seeds powder, roasted flour mixture and cardamom powder.aAddd the powdered sugar and mix well until everything combines.
Add the remaining ghee if required and make small round balls of the mixture by pressing it in between palms.
Arrange them on a tray lined with parchment paper and let it set.
Store in air tight container.Stays well for a month or so.
Enjoy!!
Serve- 30 – 40 ladoos Cooking time-30 minutes
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Ladoo has come out perfect and beautifully captured in those muffin pans.
Ladoos have always been my favorite…I still remember the motichoor ladoos you posted…ah another ladoo in my book marks..excellent pick Sapna.
Perfectly shaped ladoos. Looks so inviting..
Stunning and prefectly rolled laddoos, love the addition of pumpkin seeds Sapana, well done.
A tempting presentation for those cute laddus.
laddo looks super perfect. I would have never thought about adding pumpkin seeds in the laddo. very nice.
Super laddus, Sapna. These laddus seem like a combination of many tempting laddus.
Lovely Recipes! I tried this with ketchup, and I have to say that it tastes amazing. Try Heinz Ketchup with this recipe to savour the taste!
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very neatly made ladoos…nice clicks too
Such tempting looking laddoos. Adding pumpkin seeds to laddoos is totally new to me and sounds healthy & delicious.
Never thought of pumpkin seeds in ladoos…super!
Sapana you should not feel guilty about eating ghee. According to Rutuja Divekar its the super food. So these are guilt free yummy laddoos.
Such yummy laddos Sapana, thats makes it a wonderful snack!