Dry fruits ladoo

Dry fruits ladoo

Ingredients:

• Chopped date: 1cup(seedless)
• Chopped dry coconut: 1/2cup
• Chopped almond:1/2cup
• Chopped cashew: 1/2cup
• Chopped pistachio: 1/2cup
• Chopped raisins: 1/4cup
• Jaggery (khejur gur): 1/2cup
• Ghee: 1/4cup
• Poppy seeds: 2tbsp
• Cardamom and nutmeg powder: 1/4tsp each

Instructions:

Heat 2tbsp ghee in a pan, add chopped dry coconut and fry for a minute. now add cashew, almond, pistachio and fry until just golden. remove from pan and let it cool.

Now in a food processor coarsely grind (not fine) the fried nuts and coconut. Set aside.

Heat 1tbsp ghee in a pan, add poppy seeds and fry until they pop. Remove from pan and set aside.

Heat remaining ghee in the same pan, add chopped dates and raisins and fry for just 2 minutes. take out and grind it in a fine paste.

Now mix all nuts mixture, poppy seeds, date and raisin paste and cardamom and nutmeg powder in a big bowl. set aside.

Heat jaggery and 1/4cup water in a bowl. Cook until form a syrup.

Then immediately pour this syrup over nuts mixture and mix it.

Make balls when it is still warm.

Store in an airtight jar. Ii can be stored for a month.