Gond Ke Laddoos

Ingredients

• Aata (Whole Wheat Flour) - 2 cups
• Kaju& Badam (Cashew & Almond) - 1 cup, chopped
• Gond (Edible Gum) - 1 cup
• Ghee – 100 ml
• Sonth (Ginger Powder): 2 teaspoons
• Kali Mirch (Black Pepper) - 2 teaspoons, grounded coarsely
• Haldi (Turmeric): 2 teaspoons
• Gur (Jaggery) - 1.5 cups

Preparation

1. Take 2 tablespoons of ghee in a non-stick pan and roast the chopped cashew and almond till it turns golden brown. Keep it aside.
2. Take 2 tablespoons ghee in the same pan and roast the gond crystals, till it turns golden brown.
3. To avoid getting the gond crystals getting puffed up you must roast it completely. Now keep them aside and use your hand to crush them to a coarse powder.
4. Heat the rest of the ghee in the same pan and roast the aata till it exudes a nice aroma and displays a nice color. Take it off the heat immediately.
5. Mix everything – black pepper, dry fruits, powdered gond, turmeric, sonth and jaggery in a big bowl and let it cool down till you can shape the mix in round shaped forms. Store them in an air-tight container.

Medicinal properties

Gond boosts immunity and is beneficial for people with a weakened immune system and allergic problems. Sonth, jaggery and black pepper pacifies kapha and is effective in dealing with cough, sneezing and runny nose.