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Sweet Potato Ladoo
Sweet potato ladoo - Healthy dessert for Navratri vrat or any other religious fasting.
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
Indian
Prep Time
10
minutes
minutes
Cook Time
20
minutes
minutes
Total Time
30
minutes
minutes
Servings
8
ladoos
Calories
64
kcal
Author
Kanan
Ingredients
▢
300 grams or 1 ½
cups
Sweet potatoes
boiled, peeled, mashed
▢
1
tablespoon
Ghee (clarified butter)
▢
½
cup
Phool makhana (Fox nuts or lotus seeds)
▢
3-4
Cashew nuts
chopped
▢
1
tablespoon
Raisins
▢
1-2
tablespoons
Sugar
or to taste
▢
1
teaspoon
Rose water
Instructions
Preparation:
First boil the sweet potatoes in pressure cooker till it gets soft. Instead you can steam it as well.
Once cool to touch, peel the skin and discard. Then mash till it is smooth.
Heat 1 teaspoon of ghee in a pan on medium heat.
Once hot add makhana and roast for 2-3 minutes or till they are crispy and change the color slightly.
Them remove it to a plate or bowl and keep it aside to cool.
Heat the remaining ghee in the same pan.
Now add cashews and roast till they are light brown in color. Then drain the excess ghee and remove it to a bowl.
Now add raisins and roast till they are plump. Drain the ghee and remove it to the same bowl.
Now makhana should be cool, make fine powder into the grinder.
Making sweet potato ladoo recipe:
Now again heat the remaining ghee and add mashed sweet potato.
Mix and cook for 2-3 minutes.
Now add sugar and rose water.
Mix well as sugar melts it will become loose. Continue stirring and cooking till the mixture gets thick and there is no more moisture.
Remove it to a plate and let it cool to touch.
Once cooled, add fried cashews and raisins. Mix well using hands.
Now grease your palm and start shaping the ladoos.
Now add the ladoo into the makhana powder. Roll into it to coat from all the sides.
Similarly prepare all the ladoos this way.
Nutrition
Serving:
1
ladoo
|
Calories:
64
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
11.3
g
|
Protein:
0.6
g
|
Fat:
2.1
g
|
Saturated Fat:
1.1
g
|
Cholesterol:
4
mg
|
Sodium:
2
mg
|
Potassium:
185
mg
|
Fiber:
1.1
g
|
Sugar:
3.8
g
*Nutrition information is a rough estimate for 1 serving
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