taste of india….

a date & cashew laddu.

a laddu (or laddoo) is the Indian word for any ball-shaped sweet. laddu is made with all sorts of ingredients from fruits and vegetables, to grains and legumes!

i thought i would share a taste of india with you.

i did some research on the internet and found these ingredients and procedure would best represent my laddu experience.

Ingredients:

• Chopped dry dates- 1cup

• lightly Toasted cashew- 1/4th cup

• lightly Toasted Dry coconut- 3 tbsps

• lightly Toasted poppy seeds(gasalu)- 2 tbsps

• Golden raisins- 1/4th cup

• Cardamom- 6

• Grated jaggery- 2 to 3 tbsps (adjust according to your taste)

Procedure:

First grind the poppy seeds in a mixer. Transfer it to a large mixing bowl.

Now grind cashews, coconut,cardamom and jaggery to a fine powder. Remove this mixture and grind the dates to fine powder. Now transfer the rest of the ingredients that were ground and grind it again.

Note: Its important to grind the poppy seeds seperately, because it takes more time to grind.

And also cutting the dates to small pieces helps it to grind faster.

here is a picture of the laddus, the guy who sells them, and myself:

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