World Flavors Cookbook

Saktu Laddoo (Roasted Grain Balls)

Name: Saktu Laddoo (Roasted Grain Balls)
Cook time: 15 min
Cuisine: Ancient World
Ingredients: roasted barley flour or chickpea flour, jaggery, ghee, cardamom, fennel seeds, optional: roasted sesame or peanuts

Roasted grain flour (barley, wheat, or chickpea) mixed with jaggery, ghee, and cardamom and shaped into balls — the Vedic travel food that became the modern laddoo.

Cuisine: Ancient World

Ingredients

roasted barley flour or chickpea flour, jaggery, ghee, cardamom, fennel seeds, optional: roasted sesame or peanuts

Instructions

Roast flour in ghee until nutty and golden. Cool slightly. Melt jaggery in a little water to a syrup. Mix into flour. Add cardamom and fennel. The mixture should be crumbly but hold together when pressed. While still warm, roll into golf-ball-sized rounds. Press firmly. Cool completely before storing.