Dry fruit laddu, a delicious vegan protein ball made with dried fruits and nuts and creamy almond butter. A healthy and nutritious snack to satiate those sudden cravings.
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What is Laddu or Laddoo?
According to wikipedia, Laddu or laddoo is a deep-fried spherical sweet from the Indian subcontinent. It is made of various ingredients and sugar syrup or jaggery. It has been described as "perhaps the most universal and ancient of Indian sweets.
Though the above description refers to the Boondi ladoo, there are other ladoos. These ladoos are equally popular and known from the Indian subcontinent.
At home rava laddoo and Besan Laddu are my husband's favorite. Whereas I love Moong dal laddu and urad dal laddu. Most of the laddu recipes are rich as they are made of sugar and ghee.
But these small cute round little thingy's are so versatile. You can also make them Vegan. Use jaggery, date or fig paste as a sweetener. Check this Vegan Ragi Ladoo, almond cashew balls, dried fig and nuts laddu or Oats almond bites.
I love making laddus, mainly because they are easy to make for a crowd. As i already mentioned they are versatile and you can have a variety. And also portion controlled.
Check this made with ghee.
Some Laddoo Varieties for you
Ingredients
- Nuts, I have used a combination of almonds, pumpkin seeds and pistachios for making these vegan protein balls. you can also use cashewnuts, since my younger one is sensitive to cashews, i have not added in this recipe.
- Sweetener, this dry fruit laddu is sweetened with date paste. I have used store-bought ready made date paste.
- Fat, I have added a bit of almond butter to the laddo. It is not necessary and completely optional. However, they do give a nice flavor and a good binding to the laddus.
- Coconut, i have added a small amount of desiccated coconut to these protein rich laddoo, again this is optional.
- Flavors, i have used freshly pounded cardamom and clove in this ladoo. You can add cinnamon powder and a pinch of ginger powder for a different flavor.
How to make Dry Fruit Laddu
Please check recipe card below for exact measurements of each ingredient used and also for the detailed instructions
- Measure and take te nuts in a microwaveable bowl. Microwave it high for 4 minutes, stop and stir it after every 1 minute. Once done, let it cool down completely. Roasting of nuts can be done on the stove top also.
- Once the nuts are cool enough, take them in a food processor. Pulse 2-3 times to break the nuts.
- Next add the dates paste, almond butter, desiccated coconut, cardamom and clove powder. Run the food processor again until everything is well combined.
- Remove the mix to a flat plate and make balls. Store them in an air-tight container in the refrigerator.
- I prefer to refrigerate as it has coconut and nuts and there is a chance of it going rancid if the temperature is not helpful enough to keep it in room temperature.
Dry Fruit Laddu | Protein Balls with Almond Butter
Equipment
- Measuring cups and spoons
- Weighing Scale for measuring ingredients
- Bowls
- Food processor or any blender to pulse nuts
Ingredients
- 100 grams raw almonds
- 40 grams pumpkin seeds
- 30 grams pistachios
- 30 grams desiccated coconut
- 175 grams date paste 15-18 nos soft seedless dates can also be used.
- 3 tablespoon almond butter
- 4 nos cardamom pods seeds only
- 2 nos clove
Instructions
- In a microwave safe bowl, measure and take the nuts. Microwave them high for 3- 4 minutes. Stop and stir with a spatula after every minute to avoid burning.
- Roasting of nuts can also be done on the stove-top. After roasting, let the nuts cool down completely. Take cardamom seeds only along with clove in a mortar pestle and make a powder.
- Once the nuts have cooled down completely, take them together in the food processor. you can also use mixer jar.
- Pulse the nuts 2-3 times just to crush them. Now to this add date paste, coconut, almond butter, cardamom and clove powder.
- Run the food processor once or twice just to combine all the ingredients together.
- Transfer the pulsed ingredients on to a flat plate. Start making balls out of the mixture. Just take a fistful of the dry fruit mix and press them in your palms and shape them into balls.
- Store these delicious protein rich dry fruit laddu in an air-tight container. I prefer to refrigerate the laddus as they contain coconut.
- I got around 2 dozen(24) balls out of the above measurement. Each weighing approximately 18 grams.
Nutrition
Disclaimer
I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.
kitchen queen
The dry fruit ladoo looks ymmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm and a nice click too.
lata raja
namma ooru nalla ooru Priya! Enjoy Chennai in spite of all this. One day we will be Singara Chennai, hopefully! Dry fruits ladoo, saravana bhavan style-la irukku:)
Priya_Srinivasan
Thank you Lataji and Kitchen queen.
Pierre
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Rithika
Dry Fruit Laddu is so tasty and delicious when i made it, it is very healthy and helps to gain weight for kids. Thank you for sharing recipe with us.
Heather
These look delicious! I look forward to trying them. Could you help me understand what unit of measurement is used for the cardamom and clove? I am unfamiliar with ‘no’ as a unit of measurement and want to make sure they are flavored correctly. Thanks!
Priya_Srinivasan
hi heather, thank you for your comment. I meant 4 number of cardamom pods, have changed the measurement in the recipe card.
Seema
These dry fruit ladoos are not just eeasy to make, they are so perfect for that evening slump of energy. I love having a batch of these at hand.
Neha (My Culinary Expressions)
Priya, I’m really impressed by the collection of laddu recipes on your blog! I also visited the Alsi Laddu post — such a wonderful recipe. This dry fruit laddu is truly impressive and perfect for kids, especially during the winter season. It’s a great way to include nuts in their diet
Priya_Srinivasan
Thank you neha! I m a laddu fanatic!!!
Preethi Prasad
These proteins packed dry fruit ladoos look delectable. I like the idea of using Almond butter . This is definitely very tempting.
Kalyani
This super healthy dry fruit ladoo is perfect for those "amma-I-am-(already)-hungry" pangs at all times.. loved the use of date here as a sweetener priya! great share...
Priya_Srinivasan
Thank you kalyani!
Mayuri Patel
Healthy and tasty. As I had all the ingredients at hand, I made these dry fruit laddu for the upcoming festival. So easy to make. I did replace clove with cardamom. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Priya_Srinivasan
thank you mayuri ji! Glad you liked it!