Quinoa Ladoo

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.




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17 comments:

Harini R said...

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?

vaishali sabnani said...

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

cookingwithsapana said...

I would have never thought of making ladoo with quinoa. Healthy and tasty treats.

Sowmya :) said...

Quinoa and jaggery sound like a tasty and healthy combination. Your laddoos look fabulous!

Gayathri Kumar said...

This is one highly nutritious snack. The ladoos look so inviting..

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Priya Suresh said...

I love quinoa in any form and this laddoos are my kind of sweets, feel like having some rite now.

Priya Srinivasan - I Camp in My Kitchen said...

interesting ladoo dear!!! would love to give it a try, looks scrumptious!!

Jyoti Babel said...

great a great idea to make laddoos from quinoa. Taste bhi, health bhi.

Srividhya said...

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.

Srivalli said...

Such a healthy laddoo..very nicely done!

cookwithrenu said...

Wow Quinoa rolled into laddoos a unique and a different combination, plus the addition of jaggery has made it so so healthy. Bookmarking it.

Pavani said...

This is a very innovative ladoo with quinoa. Never thought quinoa can be used in a ladoo. Sounds healthy and delicious.

code2cook said...

Laddus looking so delicious. Good one.

Unknown said...

Loved all the ladoos you posted dear !! looks so tempting and very interesting one with quinoa.

Usha said...

Quinoa laddu sounds wonderful. I made quinoa cookies sometime back and was surprised how good those tasted and can image how amazing these taste.

Chef Mireille said...

what an innovative ladoo with quinoa