Dry fruit laddu is one of the amazing recipes to boost energy with nature. It is a high energy snack best for the mid-day snack or evening snack.
Made with dates, apricots, fig, almonds, pistachios, and cashew. These ingredients builds 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.
The reason why dry fruit laddu took so long and so many hours of hard work was that I wanted to make a dish that would be healthy and would also be tasty.
I tried my hardest to make the simple that was also tasty. And I try to do all this in the most naturalistic way possible. So I present this dry fruit laddu to you, and I await your responses on how you like them.
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Suggestions for Variations for Dry Fruit Laddu:
- I have added dates, apricots, figs, almonds, pistachios, and cashews. But you can add your favorite dry fruit. But I would suggest keeping the dates to the maximum quantity. The other choices include dried berries, like strawberry, cranberry, blueberry, and plums.
- This laddu does taste great in the quantity of nuts, and dry fruits are the same amount. The options for the nuts are also vast. You may seeds like sunflower, melon, and sesame seeds and add 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 sugar or any other natural sugar.
- And I have added cardamom powder, as it also has medicinal value. But you may also substitute it with vanilla extract.
How long can it be stored?
It stayed great for one week over my kitchen counter. I did not store more than that period. I always make dry fruit laddu batches, by limiting the quantity of the ingredients. So I do not know, And according to my personal experience, it does stay good for one week at room temperature.
How to make Dry fruit Laddu:
- To make dry fruit laddu, we need nuts and dried fruits. For the nuts, I have added almonds, cashews, and pistachios. I have added almonds more, as my family likes the taste of almonds.
- In the food processor, grind them coarsely.
- The dry fruits I have added are 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. Here, in this recipe, I have added brown sugar. But you may add refined sugar, or you may also 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.