Til Ke Laddu | Sesame Laddu
Sesame Laddu is a unique sweet & bitter dish made by blending roasted sesame with jaggery syrup and shaping them to balls. Sesame Laddu is healthy, relished as a snack and commonly made for Ganesh Chaturthi.
Servings9
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds
- 1/4 cup jaggery
- 1/3 cup water
- a tiny pinch cardamom powder
Instructions
- Dry roast sesame seeds till golden brown, Set aside.
- Meanwhile melt jaggery syrup in water, strain to remove impurities.
- Now take the strained jaggery syrup in a pan and heat it up. Keep stirring.
- Keep a plate with water say 1 tablespoon ready - when the jaggery syrup starts thickening just pour a drop in the plate. At a stage the poured drop will not dissolve and will stand firm. At this stage try to roll it into a ball, it will form into a soft ball - that is the first stage dont get misleaded with this stage...It will be chewy when you form balls at this stage.
- Slowly if you leave for few more mins, it will start to roll into a slightly hard ball...this is the stage we require, now add roasted sesame seeds.
- Give a quick mix, add cardamom powder bring everything together and switch off.
- Then take the mixture in a spoon.I used my 1/2 tablespoon measuring spoon....this is done to get all balls evenly sized.
- Grease your hands with oil and shape them into balls.
- Repeat this for the rest of the mixture. When the mixture turns hard then heat it up, then scrape it and then roll it.
- Cool down and then store Sesame Laddu in airtight container.
Notes
- Soft ball consistency gives chewy ladoos , so keep an eye. When it starts to form a slightly hard ball switch it off else the ladoos will become hard it is passes that hard ball consistency.
- Use hot water to melt jaggery so that it dissolves quickly.
- Be quick in shaping the ladoos. Take care while shaping as the mixture will be hot, start shaping only when it is a bit warm but if you rest for more time then shaping ladoos will be difficult.
- I used my measuring spoon to first scoop out then shape them into balls that way it was bearable to shape.
- Adding cardamom powder is optional but I recommend adding it for extra flavour.
- You can try the same with black sesame seeds too.
- The color of the syrup depends on the jaggery variety you use. You have urundai vellam which is yellow in color, paagu vellan which is reddish brown and achu vellam which is yellowish brown.
Nutrition Facts
Til Ke Laddu | Sesame Laddu
Amount Per Serving (100 g)
Calories 47
Calories from Fat 18
% Daily Value*
Fat 2g3%
Saturated Fat 0.3g2%
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Sodium 1mg0%
Potassium 20mg1%
Carbohydrates 7g2%
Fiber 0.5g2%
Sugar 6g7%
Protein 1g2%
Vitamin A 0.4IU0%
Calcium 43mg4%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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