Multigrain Laddoo/Protein laddoo

My Mother-in-law makes these laddoo’s during Krishna Janmashtami  which is my husband’s favourite. I call it protein laddoo as It can replace all the protein bars that are sold in the supermarkets laden with sugar and preservatives.

If you make these laddoo's please let me know .

Lets begin with making them!

Ingredients needed for this protein laddoo:

Kala chana/brown chickpeas -1/4th cup

Moong beans/green gram whole- 1/4th cup

Peanuts/kadlo/kadalekayi – ½ cup

Black sesame seeds- 2 tbsp

Puffed paddy powder/aralu/layi-1/4th cup

Dark Jaggery/anta god/ antu Bella- 1 and ½ cup

Broken Cashew nuts- 2 tbsp

Cardamom Powder- 1/2 tsp

Ghee- 1 tsp+ extra for greasing

Let’s begin with roasting:

In a wide bottom pan roast the grains like chana, moong and peanuts, cashew nuts(cut into tiny pieces), sesame seeds, one by one until it is brown and not burnt. A lovely aroma will waft while roasting these grains. Place the grains separately to cool completely.

Once cooled down pulse the moong and in a mixie or blender into a coarse pieces.

For moong and chana just blow the skin away by placing it in a plate. There is no need to blow all the skin away a little skin will be of no harm.

For the peanuts deskin the roasted peanuts and break open them, keep aside.

Now start heating the jaggery on a medium flame along with 4-5 Tbsp of water. The jaggery begins to melt and starts to boil. Strain the jaggery, this is done to remove any impurities in it. pour it in the same pan.

Continue heating till the end point. To know the end point, add 1-2 drops of melted jaggery in a small bowl containing water. The jaggery should form a firm drop and it should turn little hard.

Once this consistency is reached, add the roasted split peanuts, sesame seeds, cardamom powder, ghee and mix quickly.

Add the coarse powders of the grains, then add popped rice, peanuts cashew nuts, sesame seeds and cardamom powder and give a good mix until everything comes together. Allow the mixture to cool slightly but make sure it’s warm still (until you can handle the heat). Remember that the mixture hardens as it cools. So, it has to be formed into laddoo’s as soon as possible.

Once it is ready to handle, take a small amount of the laddoo mixture in your greased hands and make a laddoo. Repeat the same for the rest of the mixture and make laddoo’s. allow the laddoo’s to cool completely and store in an air tight container.

Aps Notes:

My mother in law does not add cashew nuts but I did. If you are allergic to nuts please avoid peanuts and cashew nuts the laddoo will still taste good.

We can make 30 medium sized laddoo’s with this mixture and 50 small sized laddoo’s.

If you want to make a smaller batch of these laddoo’s you can halve the amount and make them, the process remains the same.


Happy Cooking,

Aps



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