A for Alshi Laddoo
Alshi Ladoo / Alsi Ki Pinni is a Maharashtrian sweet made with Flaxseed Meal, Wheat flour and Jaggery. These balls are engery balls that are healthy and good for all.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Flaxseed Meal / Alshi / Linseeds
- 1 cup Wheat Flour
- 3 - 4 tbsp Ghee increase as required
- 3/4 cup Jaggery increase to your taste
- 3 tbsp Edible Gum / Gond
- Handful Cashews
- Handful Almonds
- Handful Pistachios the nuts are chopped and roasted, makes approx 2 tbsp
Instructions
- If you are making with whole flaxseeds, then dry roast the seeds till you hear a crackling sound, which takes about a couple of minutes on hot pan. Cool and grind to a powder.
- If using the meal, then proceed with roasting the ingredients for the ladoo.
- All the steps below can be done in the same nonstick pan.
- First, heat the nonstick pan with ghee, and roast the gond till it blooms up. Remove to a plate to cool down.
- Once cooled down, grind to a powder. Keep it aside.
- Next, add another teaspoon of ghee, roast the wheat flour till its nicely done. Remove to a bowl.
- Follow this by roasting the flaxseed meal in a teaspoon of ghee and remove.
- Finally, roast all the dry fruits you are using and keep it aside.
- For the jaggery syrup, take the jaggery in 1/2 cup water and melt it over low flame. When it starts melting and reaches a syrup consistency, (takes about 5 mins), remove from flame.
- Take all the roasted wheat flour, flaxseed meal, roasted nuts, gond, rest of the ghee in a bowl. Pour the melted jaggery syrup into it and mix well with a spoon. Make balls with small portions. Press well to form firm ladoos.
Notes
- Another method to make this would be to add grated jaggery to the roasted flours, add melted ghee and press into ladoos.
- If your jaggery syrup becomes hard, do not fear. Let it cool down, break into smaller pieces and pulse it to make a powder. Then, you can proceed to make ladoos with the rest of the ingredients.
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