Easy indian dessert for upcoming festivals. So tasty and easy to prepare with simple ingredients in less time.
Course Sweets & Desserts
Cuisine Indian
Keyword healthy ladoo, ladoo recipes, mothichoor ladoo, no deep fried, Quinoa
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 25 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Author Sowji'sKitchen
Ingredients
1cupquinoa washed, rinsed
1/2cupgranulated white sugar
4 -5 saffron strands
pinchcardamom powder
2tbspGhee
10 - 15cashew nuts
PinchFood coloring
Instructions
Cooking quinoa
First wash one cup of quinoa and rinse with water and keep it aside.
Now transfer the rinsed quinoa to a saucepan and add two cups of water.
Bring the water to a vigorous boil, then lower heat and simmer, covered, until quinoa is tender but still chewy and white spiral-like threads appear around each grain.
Preparing ladoo
In a pan, heat 1 tbsp ghee (clarified Butter) and fry the broken cashews or any Dry Fruits of your choice until golden brown.
In the remaining ghee (clarified butter), saute the cooked quinoa for about one to two minutes and add sugar. Stir continuously.
Add cardamom powder and, saffron strands and yellow or orange food color. Stir well.
Add remaining 1 tbsp ghee and stir until mixture starts to leave the side of the pan.
Remove from heat.
Let it sit on the counter for a while till it becomes warm and prepare laddus.
Grease your palms with ghee (clarified Butter) to shape the laddoos as round balls.
Shape the laddoos as small or big whichever you prefer, I prefer the size which kids can hold it and eat. Garnish with fried cashew nuts on top