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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Dinkache ladoo / Gond ladoo




This is My Mother-in-laws recipe, she is wonderful woman and has excellent cooking skills, everything she prepares is a finger lickin good, I always get to learn so many different recipes from her and this is the best gond ladoo recipe. Everyone in my family loves these ladoos, they are healthy, and delicious. They are specially made during winter and it is also said that these ladoos are good for New Mommies for fast recovery and extra energy they need to take care of the new born.

Ingredients:
1 cup dinka /gond (available in any Indian store)
1 cup Wheat flour (dry roasted)
1 cup cashew nuts powder
1 cup almond powder
1/2 cup pistachio powder
1/2 cup raisins 
Dry dates powder
1 cup dry dates (Kharik) powder
1 cup powder coconut (dry roasted till color turn golden brown)
1 1/2 cup brown sugar
1 1/2 cup melted ghee
1 tsp cardamom powder
1 tsp nutmeg powder

Method:

puffed and powder dinka/gond.
In a Microwave safe plate place some dinka/ gond and microwave on high for 30 sec,  gond will puff up like popcorn's. repeat the process with the reaming gond. once the gond is puffed up grind it to a fine powder.


Now heat ghee in a kadhai add gond and mix well (ghee should be very hot) saute for about a min then add roasted wheat flour and saute till it turn golden brown. now add roasted coconut powder, dry fruits powder, raisins and mix well.

Then add brown sugar and keep string for few seconds till the mixture is well combined. remove from heat and let it cool down a little. then add cardamom and nutmeg powder and mix well.

Once the mixture is warm Divide it in in small lemon size parts and roll them between your palms to make ladoos.

Store them in a container and enjoy for weeks.

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