Dry fruit laddu is one of the amazing recipes for boosting energy with nature. It is a high-energy snack best for mid-day or evening snacking.
It's made with dates, apricots, figs, almonds, pistachios, and cashews. These ingredients build up taste and texture!
One of the most amazing things about this dry fruit laddu is that it has many applications and can be amended to fit your daily needs.
I tried my hardest to make something simple but also tasty. I also tried to do all this in the most naturalistic way possible. So I present this dry fruit laddu to you and await your responses on how you like it.
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Suggestions for Variations for Dry Fruit Laddu:
- I have added dates, apricots, figs, almonds, pistachios, and cashews. You can add your favorite dry fruit, but I suggest keeping the dates to the maximum quantity. The other choices include dried berries, like strawberry, cranberry, blueberry, and plums.
- This laddu tastes excellent because it contains the same nuts and dry fruits. The options for the nuts are also vast. Add sunflower, melon, sesame seeds, and dried coconut slices.
- I have added brown sugar to this recipe, but you may add or skip the sugar. If you feel like adding sugar, you may add refined or any other natural sugar.
- I have also added cardamom powder, as it has medicinal value. But you may also substitute it with vanilla extract.
How long can it be stored?
It stayed great for one week on my kitchen counter. I did not store it for more than that period. I always make dry fruit laddu batches by limiting the quantity of the ingredients, so I do not know. According to my experience, it stays good for one week at room temperature.
How to make Dry fruit Laddu:
- To make dry fruit laddu, we need nuts and dried fruits. I have added almonds, cashews, and pistachios to the nuts, and I have added more almonds because my family likes the taste of almonds.
- In the food processor, grind them coarsely.
- I have added dates, apricots, and figs, but as I said earlier, you may add your favorite dry fruits.
- Grind them coarsely using the same food processor.
- Add 2 tablespoon of ghee(clarified butter) and the ground nuts mixture in a pan. Saute them until they change the color slightly.
- Then add sugar, which is optional. I have added brown sugar to this recipe, but you may also add refined sugar or skip adding sugar.
- Then, add the ground dry fruit mixture and cardamom powder.
- Then saute this laddu mixture again for a couple of minutes until everything blends.
- Then remove it from the stove. Allow it to cool for about 10 minutes.
- Then start making laddu using your palm.
- Once the laddu cools down completely, transfer them to the airtight container.
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Dry fruit laddu
Ingredients
- 1 cup almonds
- ½ cup cashew nuts
- ½ cup pistachios
- 2 cups dates
- 1 cup apricot dried
- 1 cup fig dried
- 2 tablespoon ghee /clarified butter
- ¼ cup light brown sugar optional
- ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder
Instructions
- Grind almonds, cashew nuts, and pistachios coarsely.
- Then grind dates, apricots and figs coarsely using the same food processor.
- In a pan add ghee(clarified butter), and the ground nuts mixture.
- Saute them until it changes the color slightly.
- Then add sugar.
- Now add the ground dry fruit mixture, and cardamom powder.
- Then saute again for couple of minutes until everything blends together.
- Switch of the flame. Allow it to cool for about 10 minutes.
- Then start making laddu using your palm.
- Once the laddu cools down completely, transfer them to the air tight container.
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Ron
What an nutrition education you gave us today. I've looking for just such a snack food. Would have never thought of using cardamom powder. Sujatha, can you add the ingredient quanities for the recipe? Thanks for a great post.
Sujatha Muralidhar
Yes, cardamom adds a fresh tropical flavor to these balls. Thanks Ron for letting me know that ingredient list is missing, I have updated it now.