Dates and Nuts Ladoo Recipe – Dates Laddu Recipe - Sugar Free Sweets Recipes

To start with this year’s Diwali recipes, here is an easy and simple, sugar-free Dates nuts laddu recipe. This recipe is similar to Dates and nuts roll I posted few years back. But its procedure is much easier than dates roll. I tried this with the leftover pack of dates. It tastes so good and flavorful too. With a nice flavor of ghee and crunchy taste of nuts, this dates ladoo is sure a healthy choice for kids and adults with good calories. Use soft dates (Medjool dates) if you like soft ladoo or use regular, hard dates like Lion dates for slightly, chewy and hard ladoo. Its your choice finally. Chopping the nuts is little time consuming otherwise this ladoo can be prepared in few minutes. If you want to ease this chopping job, you can grind coarsely and then roast it. Friends, do try this healthy, sugarless sweet for this Diwali and enjoy ! Lets see how to make dates and nuts ladoo with step by step pictures.

Check out my Dates and Nuts Roll Recipe.

Dates Nuts Ladoo Recipe

Sugar free dates and nuts laddu recipe

Cuisine: Indian

Category: Sweet

Serves: 12

Prep time: 10 Minutes

Cook time: 10 Minutes

Total time: 20 Minutes

Chitra Ganapathy

INGREDIENTS

1 cup - 250ml Dates - 1 cup / 15 nos ( I used Lion Seedless Dates) Chopped Cashew nuts - 1/4 cup Chopped Almond - 1/4 cup Melon seeds - 2 tbsp Chopped pista - 1 tbsp (optional) Poppy seeds / Khus khus - 1 tbsp Desiccated coconut - 1 tbsp (optional) Ghee - 1 tbsp + for greasing hands

HOW TO MAKE DATES LADDU

1. Wash and chop dates roughly. Grind to a coarse paste. Set aside.
2. Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a kadai and roast the nuts.
3. Once golden, add poppy seeds and coconut.
4. Roast for a minute. Lastly add ground dates.
5. Mix well till it becomes a whole mass.
6. Remove and cool down. Grease hands with ghee.
7. Make balls and arrange the ladoo in a plate.

DATES AND NUTS LADOO - STEP BY STEP PICTURES

Wash the dates and chop roughly. Grind to a coarse paste and set aside. Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a kadai. Roast the cashew nuts, almonds and melon seeds in low to medium flame. When they start to turn golden, add poppy seeds and desiccated coconut. Roast for a minute. Do not burn anything. To this add the ground dates paste. Mix in medium flame till everything comes together as a whole mass. Initially you will find it difficult to mix the dates and nuts. But when the dates paste gets heated, it become easy to mix. Once everything comes together as a mass, switch off the flame.  Let it become warm. Grease your hands with ghee. Make balls / shape ladoo. Arrange in a plate. Once the ladoo comes to room temperature, store in an air tight box. Use within a week for best taste. Enjoy !

Note

Adjust the quantity of nuts as per your taste. I used 1/4 cup, you can use 1/2 cup too. Do not add sugar or honey. Its not necessary. You can use soft dates or regular dates. But taste and texture of ladoo differs. Do not over cook the mixture after adding dates paste. Ladoo may become hard and chewy after cooling down. Just cook till it comes together as a mass. Greasing your hands with ghee helps to give a shine to ladoo and also adds nice flavor.

Try this easy, yummy dates and nuts ladoo recipe and enjoy !

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