Dry Fruits & Nuts Laddoo (Dry Fruit & Nut Balls without any sweeteners)

Category: Kids Special
Preparation Time: 10 mins  
Cooking Time: 5 mins (for toasting)
Servings: yields around 18 laddoos

Healthy Treats!!!

Dry Fruits and Nuts Laddoo is a healthy sugar-free, and nutrient dense snack for kids. Its not only healthy, its tasty and very easy to make.

Dry Fruits & Nuts Laddoo

If we are having unsalted roasted nuts in hand, we can make this within 10-15 mins. These are perfect for the mid-morning snacks for the kids an also can go well in their lunch box.

We can add any of our favourite nuts into it and its sure a way to make kids eat these healthy foods. We can alter the ingredients according to our taste, but dates /  figs are the must for getting the right consistency. We can use either roasted nuts or the unroasted ones. 

Ingredients:

• Figs - 1 cup (I used around 9-10 dried whole Organic, unsulphured figs)
• Dates - 1 cup (I used around 20 Organic dates)
• Raisins - 2 Tbsp
• Almonds - 1/4 cup
• Cashews - 1/4 cup
• Pistachios - 1/4 cup
• Walnuts - 1/4 cup
• White sesame seeds- 2 Tbsp

We can also use any dry fruits & nuts - dried apricot, peanuts, sunflower seeds, black sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, dry coconut

Method:

• If we are using roasted nuts, we can use them directly. Dry roast the nuts and seeds separately until they turn aromatic. We can also toast them in microwave for 1-2 mins. For almonds, I had blanched them in hot water, peeled and then toasted in microwave. But its not necessary. If we want to add the unroasted nuts we can add as such too.
• In a blender add the roughly chopped figs, I used around 9-10 dried whole Organic, unsulphured figs

• Add roughly chopped dates and raisins 

• Add pistachios

• Pulse for few seconds until they grind coarsely

• Then add the Walnuts

• Add cashews and almonds

• Pulse them (don't grind continuously) until they ground coarsely and got mixed together

• Finally add the sesame seeds and just pulse for a second

• Transfer the mixture into a bowl
• Roll into balls and enjoy!!

• It can be stored in an air tight container in the refrigerator for up to a month, if handled properly
• If we want them little fancy, we can roll the balls on powdered dry coconut or sesame seeds :)

• If we are making for small kids and dont want to have the pieces of nuts, we can grind the nuts into a coarse powder and them add them to the ground dates & figs to make smooth laddoos.