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Gond and Sonth Laddo By Chef Akanksha Khatri

Gond Ke Laddo is a winter sweet that is great in taste and highly nutritious. Chef Akanksha Khatri shares the recipe for this yummy treat.

Serves3

Cooking Time10-20 Min

Preparation Time10-15 Min

DifficultyMEDIUM

Ingredients

  • For Gond Ke Laddo

    • 1 tsp ghee

    • 1/3 cup gond (natural gum)

    • 1 tsp ghee

    • ½ cup makhana

    • ½ cup dry grated coconu

    • 2 tbsp cashew nuts chopped

    • 2 tbsp almonds chopped

    • 2 tbsp pistachios chopped

    • 1 tsp ghee

    • 1 tsp grated ginger

    • 1 cup whole wheat flour

    • 1/3 cup ghee

    • 1 tbsp dry ginger powder

    • 1 tbsp turmeric

    • 3/4 cup jaggery powder

PREPARATION

  1. 1

    Heat 1 tablespoon ghee in a heavy bottomed pan. Add gond and fry it on a low flame until it puffs up and turns slightly brown in colour. Remove from pan and transfer it to a large plate.
  2. 2

    In the same pan, add Makhana and roast till light brown until it gets a crunch. Transfer it to the same plate as gond.
  3. 3

    Next, dry roast grated coconut and nuts for a minute. While the nuts are roasting, crush the gond and makhana using a mortar and pestle.
  4. 4

    Meanwhile, in a small pan roast ginger in ghee.
  5. 5

    In a new pan, roast whole wheat flour until it releases its aroma and the flour turns brown. Then add the remaining ghee to the pan.
  6. 6

    Once flour is roasted add ginger and turmeric to the flour mixture.
  7. 7

    Remove the flour mixture in a parath along with gond, makhana, roasted ginger, dry fruits, bura sugar and coconut mixture.
  8. 8

    Make lemon sized balls out of the mixture and store it in an air tight container.

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