Kambu / Pearl Millet / Bajra Laddu

Ingredients
- Kambu / Pearl Millet – 2 cup
- Jaggery – 1 ½ cup
- Ginger powder – 1 tsp
- Cardamom powder – ½ tsp
- Ghee/Clarified Butter – 3 tbsp
- Cashew nuts – 12 nos
- Salt – a pinch
Instructions
- Dry roast kambu/pearl millet in medium flame for about 5-10 mins or until the aroma comes out or until you get pooping sound of kambu/pearl. Transfer it to a plate and bring it to room temperature.
- Jaggery syrup: Crush the coconut jaggery/vellam and take it in a pan with water (to dissolve the jaggery), keep in medium flame, until it comes to syrup consistency. Filter it and keep it aside.
- Powder the roasted kambu in a mixier for about 5 -10 mins to fine powder, sieve the powder.
- Again powder the leftover once granules in the mixier for 5 mins and sieve it.
- Transfer the sieved flour to a wide mouth bowl.
- Heat ghee/clarified butter in a kadai, add in the cashew nuts, and roast until they turn golden brown.
- Add in the ginger powder, cardamom powder, a pinch of salt, ¼ cup of jaggery syrup, ghee along with few pieces of cashew nuts.
- Mix it well with a wooden spoon and make small balls by keeping a cashew nut on the top of the flour. Press the flour tightly with your hand, so that the balls would not break.
- Follow the same procedure for whole flour mixture and make laddus.
- Store in an air-tight will stay fresh for a week time.
Notes
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