Quinoa is one of the worlds popular health foods. Quinoa is Gluten free, high in protein and contains all 9 essential amino fluids. High in fiber, iron and calcium. As it is high in protein, it can both increase metabolism and reduce appetite. Today I am here to show you how to prepare ladoo with this healthy seeds.
This recipe is adapted from here, only change I made was, I replaced sugar with jaggery to make it more healthier. Here goes the simple and delicious Quinoa ladoo.........
Ingredients:
Quinoa 1 cup
Jaggery 1/2 cup
Butter / ghee 2 spoons
Milk 1/4 cup
Water 1 spoon
Preparation:
Wash quinoa thoroughly, drain water.
Spread the quinoa on a dry kitchen cloth and let dry for a day.
Now grind the quinoa, just like sooji / semolina.
Heat butter in a non stick pan and add grounded quinoa and roast on low flame.
Keep stirring to roast evenly.
In a separate sauce pan add jaggery and water.
Let the jaggery melt completely , filer out all the impurities and add to the roasting quinoa.
Warm the milk separately and add to qunioa mixture.
Mix well to form a nice dough.
Remove from heat and let cool for sometime.
Now apply ghee or butter to your palms and make round ladoo's with the dough.
Serve.
Check to see what my fellow bloggers are cooking for Blogging Marathon 86.
This recipe is adapted from here, only change I made was, I replaced sugar with jaggery to make it more healthier. Here goes the simple and delicious Quinoa ladoo.........
Ingredients:
Quinoa 1 cup
Jaggery 1/2 cup
Butter / ghee 2 spoons
Milk 1/4 cup
Water 1 spoon
Preparation:
Wash quinoa thoroughly, drain water.
Spread the quinoa on a dry kitchen cloth and let dry for a day.
Now grind the quinoa, just like sooji / semolina.
Heat butter in a non stick pan and add grounded quinoa and roast on low flame.
Keep stirring to roast evenly.
In a separate sauce pan add jaggery and water.
Let the jaggery melt completely , filer out all the impurities and add to the roasting quinoa.
Warm the milk separately and add to qunioa mixture.
Mix well to form a nice dough.
Remove from heat and let cool for sometime.
Now apply ghee or butter to your palms and make round ladoo's with the dough.
Serve.
Check to see what my fellow bloggers are cooking for Blogging Marathon 86.
17 comments:
Good one, Sushma. Did it have the typical after taste ? My idea is that if quinoa is roasted, the smell should disappear. Was that your observation too?
Super healthy Ladoo ! I couldn’t have ever thought of making ladoos with quinoa . I have loved all the ladoos you posted . Would be glad if you could share more Ladoo recipes , just mail me . TIA
I would have never thought of making ladoo with quinoa. Healthy and tasty treats.
Quinoa and jaggery sound like a tasty and healthy combination. Your laddoos look fabulous!
This is one highly nutritious snack. The ladoos look so inviting..
I love quinoa in any form and this laddoos are my kind of sweets, feel like having some rite now.
interesting ladoo dear!!! would love to give it a try, looks scrumptious!!
great a great idea to make laddoos from quinoa. Taste bhi, health bhi.
Great share with quinoa. I make them with quinoa flour and it makes the process quite simple. ;-) Kudos for patiently roasting and grinding. Very nice.
Such a healthy laddoo..very nicely done!
Wow Quinoa rolled into laddoos a unique and a different combination, plus the addition of jaggery has made it so so healthy. Bookmarking it.
This is a very innovative ladoo with quinoa. Never thought quinoa can be used in a ladoo. Sounds healthy and delicious.
Laddus looking so delicious. Good one.
Loved all the ladoos you posted dear !! looks so tempting and very interesting one with quinoa.
Quinoa laddu sounds wonderful. I made quinoa cookies sometime back and was surprised how good those tasted and can image how amazing these taste.
what an innovative ladoo with quinoa
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