Here is an easy recipe of making whole dry fruit laddoos. You can make them on any festive occasion and enjoy with your family and friends. This is a perfect sweet to distribute to your friends and relatives during Diwali festival. You can pack them in a beautiful box.
Ingredients:
Assorted dry fruits (unsalted) ......... 1 cup (Almonds, cashews & Pistachios)
Sugar .............................. 1 cup
Poppy seeds .................... 1 tbsp
Saffron ..................... 2-3 pinches
Crushed cardamom seeds .. 1/2 tbsp
Wheat flour ...................... 2 tbsps
Dried rose petals .............. 1 tbsp
Ghee / clarified butter ...... 2 tbsps
Milk or water ................... 1/4 cup
Silver varq ................... for garnishing (optional)
Method:
1. Dry roast the poppy seeds lightly and set aside.
2. Fry the wheat flour with 1 tbsp of ghee until it gives out a nice aroma. Set aside.
3. Roast the dry fruits until they get a crispy texture.
4. In a thick bottomed pan melt the sugar adjusting the flame.
5. Half way through add 1 tbsps of ghee, saffron and crushed cardamom seeds.
6. Continue stirring until the sugar is melted and there are no lumps.
7. Now add the poppy seeds, rose petals and dry fruits.
8. Finally add the fried wheat flour and mix well.
9. Now add the milk or water and continue stirring until the mixture gathers and leaves the sides.
10. Cool it a bit and when you are able to handle it make the laddoos or balls of the desired size.
11. Garnish them with dried rose petals and silver varq if you like.
About the group:
Shhhhh Cooking Secretly is a monthly challenge in a facebook group where we are paired with a different partner every month. Two secret ingredients are chosen by each partner for the other one and we prepare any dish with those ingredients based on the selected theme of the month which was Diwali
This month I am paired with Poonam Bachhav who selected "cardamom powder" and "ghee" as my secret ingredients and I made these dry fruit laddoos. I chose "ajwain" and "oil" as the secret ingredients for her as she opted out for a savoury dish. She made tasty and irresistible Instant Rice Chaklis.