Oats-Dry fruits Laddoos

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Oats-Dry fruits Laddoos:

Oats-Dry fruits Laddoos

Makes: 20

How long it takes: 1 hour

My personal fascination with oats continues – from my own conscious caution about healthy eating and also spurred by the encouragement of many readers of this blog. I continue experimenting with oats – some past successes have been uploaded as oats appam, oats poha upma, oats upma, oats-chana dal laddoos, oats chiwda, oats roti, oats paratha, peanut-oats laddoos. Today’s recipe is also hopefully mindful of healthy eating – oats with dry-fruits, peanuts, and just about a teaspoon of pure ghee. There is no sugar or jaggery in this recipe, and all sweetness is rendered only by dates (which are healthy). Please do try out and hope relish it too!!!!!!!!!!

What you need to have:

1. Oats – 1 cup
2. Peanuts – 1 and 1/4 cup
3. Seedless dates – 1 and 1/2 Cup
4. Poppy seeds – 2/3 Cup
5. Cardamom – 15

6. Pure ghee – 1-2 Teaspoon                                                                                Ingredients of oats & dry fruits laddoo

Other ingredients of laddoo

What you do with what you have:

1. Place a wide skillet with Quaker oats (or any other brand)  in it on low/medium flame and dry roast it till you get a nutty aroma.

Oats being dry roasted

2. Empty the skillet and dry roast peanuts until you’re able to peel the peanut skins off.

Peanuts being dry roasted

3. Powder roasted oats in the mixer to a fine consistency. Peel the roasted peanuts  from step-2 on cooling and powder it separately in the mixer along with peeled cardamom too. Dry roast poppy seeds as well in a skillet till you get a pleasant aroma. When cooled, powder it in the mixer to a fine consistency. Grate dates and mix all the ingredients in a bowl.  Also add grated almonds and pista.

                                                                                                                                            The essential laddoo mixture

  4. Pinch out required quantity of the mix and make them into round laddoos.

Ready to serve Oats Dry fruit laddoos

Makes: 20
How long it takes: 1 hour
Good to remember:
1. Roast oats with a teaspoon of pure ghee  on low flame till you get a nutty aroma but  do not burn it
2. This laddoo may not be very sweet as neither sugar nor jaggery is used. The sweetness is only of the dates.  So one can increase the quantity of dates to turn out a little sweeter. Pure ghee can be also added if needed.                                                                                                .

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