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    Home » Desserts » Indian Dessert » Ladoos & Gulab jamuns » Ragi Laddu – No ghee, No White Sugar, Vegan & Gluten-free Dessert

    Ragi Laddu – No ghee, No White Sugar, Vegan & Gluten-free Dessert

    Jun 28, 2015 · Modified: Jan 16, 2021 by Priya_Srinivasan ·

    If you read my blog,regularly, then you know my love for ladoo/laddu. I can go ga-ga over them. Easy to make, versatile, portion-controlled, ‘n’ number of varieties can be made using different flours. I chose this delicious Gluten-free and vegan ladoo from Suma’s palce. She has made it using Ragi hurri hittu, Hurri means Roast and hittu means flour, so it means roasted ragi flour. Imagine roasting whole ragi at home and making flour!!! 

    Suma says, some might even powder it with kopra(dried coconut) and nuts too, to make it more healthy and delicious. This Ragi hurri hittu is then mixed with jaggery,coconut and ghee to make ragi balls, which is not only delicious, but healthy too. Considering the amount of adulteration in store-bought snack bars these days, home-made goodies like these with healthy ingredients are a great choice and a tasty way to introduce kids to our age-old food practices and our own health bars/balls.  The Ladoos were super hit at home, I made extra and gave it to my SIL who is in her family way. These energy balls were a super hit among kids too, my Lil one, gobbled 2 ladoos while i was still shaping them. 

    Coming to the recipe, i have used store-bought ragi flour. Wanted to try making hurri hittu at home, but since i m leaving in another week for my vacation, not making anything extra, that will lay around till i come back. In case you want to try, here is the link for suma’s place and another link to make things easier.


    Ingredients (Makes 45)
    1 cup Ragi Flour
    1 cup Almonds
    1 cup Cashewnuts/Skinned Peanuts
    1/2 cup white sesame seeds
    1/2 cup desiccated coconut
    3/4 cup Powdered jaggery
    3-4 pods of cardamom, crushed
    2 no cloves, powdered


    Method
    • Dry roast ragi flour, almonds, cashewnuts, sesame and dessicated coconut separately. I dry roasted in the microwave. In a Microwave safe plate, spread the flour and microwave high for 3 minutes, take it out every 1 minute and stir using a spatula. Repeat the same with the nuts, coconut and sesame seeds, but reduce the time to 2 minutes. 
    • Let the ingredients cool well. Take cardamom and cloves in a small mixer, add tbsp of jaggery and powder it. The jaggery is added to aid grinding of the cardamom well.
    • In a food processor or your mixer, take the nuts (almonds, cashewnuts and sesame seeds)  and grind it to a powder. Do not grind continuously, we just need to powder the nuts first. So, grind in short pulse to powder them.
    • Once nuts are powdered, add ragi  flour, coconut, jaggery powder and powdered cardamom-clove powder to this nuts powder and grind it together. Now you can grind continuously for a minute for the nuts and seeds to release oil/fat that will help in binding the laddoos. 
    • Once the mixture is mixed well and clumps together, remove it to a flat plate and start making ladoos, Take a handful of this powder and press it in between your palms and shape it nicely into a ball (ping-pong ball size). 
    • If you want to decorate it more, just dip the tip of the ladoo into oil/ghee and dip it again on a plate of crushed pistachios. Store it an air-tight container. This keeps well on the counter for 3-4 days. If storing for more days, then refrigerate it. 
    Notes
    • You can add a tbsp of ghee, if you prefer while roasting the ragi flour, it will give a nice aroma and taste to the final ladoo.
    • While shaping the ladoos, if you feel, it is still dry, add some ghee and shape. Milk can also be added, but then it should stored in the refrigerator, as it might not stay good on the counter for long.
    • Though made using ragi flour, the recipe uses dried nuts too, so remember portion-control!!! 🙂 

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    Comments

    1. Torviewtoronto

      June 28, 2015 at 4:14 pm

      we make like this with rice. yummy looks wonderful

      Reply
    2. Unknown

      June 28, 2015 at 11:00 pm

      perfect vegan ladoos..looks so lovely..

      Reply
    3. vaishali sabnani

      June 29, 2015 at 2:02 am

      Wow ! You know i am a ladoo fan too , bookmarked instantly.
      Though I have never tried ragi , i shall try these when the grandkids come . Real good ones.

      Reply
    4. Sarita

      June 29, 2015 at 2:24 am

      Protein packed laddu .. Nice healthy recipe.

      Reply
    5. Rafeeda AR

      June 29, 2015 at 5:17 am

      These look so perfect! The quantitiy is so high to even try… 🙁 Bookmarking this and will make it once…

      Reply
    6. Srivalli

      June 29, 2015 at 5:24 am

      The laddos are looking so perfectly made Priya..even I love laddos..and make them with anything possible..:)

      Reply
    7. Archana

      June 29, 2015 at 9:55 am

      Beautifully made Priya. I want some too.

      Reply
    8. Motions and Emotions

      June 29, 2015 at 10:04 am

      wow…this is nutritious and best part without ghee…I would like to try this

      Reply
    9. Sowmya :)

      June 29, 2015 at 3:57 pm

      That's a great way to eat ragi!

      Reply
    10. Pavani

      June 29, 2015 at 9:29 pm

      What a healthy, nutritious and delicious looking ragi laddoos. My mom bought me some whole ragi and I would love to make these laddoos.

      Reply
    11. Sandhya Ramakrishnan

      July 01, 2015 at 3:20 pm

      That is one power packed laddoo. I would love to try this sometime soon 🙂

      Reply
    12. Priya Suresh

      July 03, 2015 at 4:30 pm

      Such an ultimate laddoos, very healthy and guilt free..

      Reply
    13. Chef Mireille

      July 06, 2015 at 1:14 am

      all your healthy laddoos are so flavourful

      Reply
    14. Harini R

      July 06, 2015 at 3:02 pm

      Nutritious laddu, Priya.

      Reply
    15. Unknown

      July 08, 2015 at 8:38 pm

      Lovely

      Reply
    16. Suma Gandlur

      July 15, 2015 at 3:50 am

      I too love all the laddu versions too and love the twist you gave to the ragi laddus.

      Reply

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