Poha Laddoo

Poha Laddoo is one of the easiest sweet dishes that even someone who is a novice in cooking can make using just three ingredients – flattened rice, sugar and ghee.

Poha laddoo can be prepared easily for any festivals or as a treat to satiate your sweet craving. This laddoo is commonly prepared across India. Slightly crunchy in texture, this laddoo tastes delicious with the flavor of ghee and cardamom.

HOW TO MAKE POHA LADDOO?

Poha, also known as flattened rice or beaten rice is widely used in India. For preparing this laddoo, thick variety of poha is preferred. You may use thinner variety too, but thicker variety gets roasted evenly and gives better texture.

We need just 3 main ingredients to make this laddoo – Poha, sugar and ghee. Cardamom powder, cashew nuts and raisins are used to enhance the taste of the laddoo.

These laddoos will be ready in about 30 minutes.

CAN THESE LADDOOS STORED?

Poha Laddoos are very fragile and will fall apart when pressed hard. If you store them well, they stay good for at least 7 – 10 days.

Before you store the laddos in an air tight container, ensure that they are cooled to room temperature.

You may also like other laddoo recipes:

• Besan Laddoo
• Coconut Paan & Gulkand Laddoo
• Multigrain Flour Laddoo
• Fried Gram Laddoo
• Rava Laddoo
• Gond Makhane ke Laddoo

Notes:

1. It is important to roast the poha well. If not, the laddoos may stick to the roof of your mouth.
2. Finely grind the poha to help in binding it well with all other ingredients.
3. Do not skimp on ghee and sugar. The ghee is needed to bind to the laddoos.
4. Do not skip cardamom as it gives laddoos the much needed flavor. In case, they are not in your pantry or not available in your area, you may try substituting it with clove powder or cinnamon powder. But the laddoos will not taste the same.
5. These laddoos are very delicate and fragile. Hence handle them carefully and store well.
6. The color of the laddoos may vary depending on the color of the ghee used.
7. Using nuts and raisins in the laddoos is optional.

Poha Laddoo

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Serves: 6 Prep Time: 10 Minutes Cooking Time: 20 Minutes 20 Minutes

Nutrition facts: 200 calories 20 grams fat

Rating: 5.0/5

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Ingredients

Thick Poha / Flattened Rice – 1 cup

Sugar – ½ cup

Cardamom Seeds – 1 teaspoon

Ghee – 1/3 cup

Cashew Nuts – 6

Raisins – 10

Instructions

1. Take a thick bottomed saute pan and dry roast poha on medium-low flame until they are crisp and turn slightly golden in color. Do not leave poha unattended on flame as it will get unevenly roasted. Keep mixing continuously. Take off the pan and allow to cool down.
2. In a blender finely powder sugar and cardamom. Transfer to a mixing bowl.
3. Now take roasted poha and blend into fine powder. Transfer to the mixing bowl containing powdered sugar.
4. To the same pan, add ghee, cashew nuts and raisins. Fry until the nuts turn golden and raisins fluff up.
5. Mix the hot ghee to the powdered poha and sugar mixture. Using a spoon or spatula mix it is well combined. Once it cools down to a temperature that you can handle by hand, mix it thoroughly with your palm to ensure that the ghee blends with the mixture. Further, the heat of your palm helps in melting the sugar and binding it well with all other ingredients.
6. Take a hand full of mixture and press it inside your palm to make laddoo. You will not be able to roll this laddoo between two palms like some other laddoo, you need to keep turning the laddoo inside your palm and pressing it hard to get smooth surfaced laddoo. Initially, you may feel that the laddoo is not binding, eventually as you put pressure and tightly press the mixture inside your palm, it will hold the shape.
7. Serve and enjoy the laddoos.