Super Ladoo with Super Food

Ingredients

• 4 cups makhana
• 1/2 cup cut almonds
• 1/2 cup cut cashews
• 1/2 cup cut pistachios
• 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds
• 1/2 cup grated dry coconut
• 1/2 cup raisins
• 2 tbsp edible gum
• 1/2 tsp of cardamom and nutmeg powder
• 2 cups jaggery broken into small pieces
• 1/2 cup ghee
• 1 tbsp poppy seeds

Steps

1. In a fry pan on medium flame, add 1 tsp ghee and roast makhana till crisp. Remove in a plate and cool it.
2. Add 1 tbsp ghee to the pan and fry edible gum till they pop up.
3. In the same pan add 2 tbsp ghee. Roast cut almonds for a minute. Then add pumpkin seeds and roast for a minute. Then add cut cashews and roast for a minute. Add raisins and roast. Remove all roasted items in a plate to cool.
4. Now roast grated coconut with ghee in the same pan, till golden color. Add poppy seeds and roast for few seconds. Remove the mixture in a plate.
5. In same pan add jaggery one tsp ghee and 2 tbsp water. Cook till Jaggery melts.
6. In above mixture add hot melted jaggery and mix well with spatula. Add cardamom and nutmeg powder. Mix again.
7. Make powder of makhana in a grinding jar and remove in a bowl. Also powder half quantity of all fried nuts in a grinding jar. Remove in the same bowl. Add roasted coconut and poppy seeds. Mix all the items. Then add add half of the balance roasted cut nuts.
8. Make laddoos while the mixture is still warm. (Applying some ghee to the palms will help roll the laddoos.) If the mixture becomes cold then warm it again and roll remaining laddoos. Enjoy these yummy super laddoos. It's shelf life is more than a month.
9. Keep them in a airtight container. Don't overcook the jaggery,keep on fire only till it melts. Roast all nuts on medium flame till crisp.