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Dry Fruit Laddu | Protein Balls with Almond Butter

Mar 30, 2023 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

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Vegan dry fruit laddu

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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Vegan protein laddoo
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  • What is Laddu or Laddoo?
  • Some Laddoo Varieties for you
  • Ingredients
  • How to make Dry Fruit Laddu
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  • Dry Fruit Laddu | Protein Balls with Almond Butter

What is Laddu or Laddoo?

According to wikipedia, Laddu or laddoo is a deep-fried spherical sweet from the Indian subcontinent 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 that 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, with jaggery, with date or fig paste as sweetener. Check this Vegan Ragi Ladoo, almond cashew balls, dried fig and nuts laddu or Oats almond bites.

Quick and easy laddu recipe

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

Alsi Pinni | Alsi Ki Pinni | Flaxseed Ladoo
Alsi pinni, aka flaxseed ladoos, a delicious energy ball made with wheat flour, flaxseeds and edible gum. A winter delicacy from the state of Punjab, India.
Check out this recipe
Flaxseed ladoo
Ragi Ladoo | Millet Laddu | Microwave Method
Ragi ladoo, a delicious and easy ladoo recipe, that takes just 10 minutes to make. A millet dessert sweetened with organic jaggery and flavored with cardamom and clove.
Check out this recipe
Sesame Ladoo| Til Ladoo | Sesame Energy Balls
Sesame seeds ladoo, a quick and easy delicious recipe made with black sesame seeds and palm jaggery. A sweet recipe, that is also healthy and satiating.
Check out this recipe
Chocolate & Nuts Ladoo | Nutty Energy Balls
Chocolate dry fruit ladoo, energy balls made with nuts and chocolate, sweetened with organic jaggery. A quick and easy ladoo, that takes just minutes to make.
Check out this recipe
Poha, Oats & Peanuts ladoo
Poha-oats and peanut laddo, vegan energy balls made with rice flakes, oats and peanuts. A gluten-free, on the go snack.
Check out this recipe

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.
  • Dates paste, 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, though not necessary and completely optional, but 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.
How to make dry fruit laddu
  • 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.

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Vegan protein balls with almond butter

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Vegan dry fruit laddu

Dry Fruit Laddu | Protein Balls with Almond Butter

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 cravings.
4.84 from 18 votes
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Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: Indian, International
Keyword: 10 minute ladoo, Almond butter recipe, easy dry fruit ladoo, How to make laddu, Protein rich nut laddoos, quick and easy dry fruit snack, Vegan laddu, vegan ladoo recipe
Prep Time: 10 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 12 servings
Calories: 164kcal

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

Serving: 36g | Calories: 164kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 264mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 33IU | Vitamin C: 0.3mg | Calcium: 53mg | Iron: 1mg

Disclaimer

I m not a Doctor or a Nutritionist The Nutrition information provided above comes from the plugin and is only an estimate.

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More Ladoos & Gulab jamuns

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  1. kitchen queen

    December 12, 2009 at 6:35 pm

    The dry fruit ladoo looks ymmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm and a nice click too.

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  2. lata raja

    December 13, 2009 at 10:31 am

    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:)

    Reply
  3. Priya_Srinivasan

    December 13, 2009 at 12:25 pm

    Thank you Lataji and Kitchen queen.

    Reply
  4. Pierre

    December 13, 2009 at 9:24 pm

    hello this is Pierre from Paris in france
    Nice blog you have and like this sweetie thing !!!
    If you like french food come and visit my blog you are very welcome cheers pierre

    Reply
  5. Rithika

    December 17, 2018 at 10:19 am

    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.

    Reply
  6. Heather

    April 01, 2023 at 5:37 pm

    5 stars
    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!

    Reply
    • Priya_Srinivasan

      April 01, 2023 at 8:44 pm

      hi heather, thank you for your comment. I meant 4 number of cardamom pods, have changed the measurement in the recipe card.

      Reply

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