Saturday, August 30, 2008

Ladoo(with pistachios&cashew)

A semi sweet..yet yummy Indian sweet....Ladoo with two main ingredients-cashews and pistachios is right here.....

All you need is
Pistachios 1 cup
Cashews 3/4 cup
Sugar 1/4 to 1 cup(ur pref)
Ghee 4 tsp
cardamom powder 3/4 tsp
Method:
1)Soak both the nuts for about an hour or two in a cup of milk.after 2 hours,Peal of the outer skin of the pistachios.
2)Add both the nuts in to a blender and grind it to a fine paste.
Remember:leave a drop of water/milk...Dont add any extra amount of water or milk to it when you blend as the you will not get the right texture later in your process.
3)Take a pan,pour 3 tsp of ghee and add this paste
twist,stir continuously (for about 10 min or so),add sugar ,cardamom powder to this mixture and allow it boil in medium flame and you will find the paste-Non sticky,slightly turned golden yellow /green.
4)Transfer this dough another ghee -greased plate and allow it to cool.

5)Make small balls(any desired shape) and garnish each ladoo with pistachios

Njoyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

hahahaha! ladoos shd be yellow, no?