This Atta Ladoo or Whole Wheat Flour Ladoo is one of the healthiest Indian mithai recipe, which can also be served as a snack. It has aata (whole wheat flour), boora (sugar crystals), nuts and a very moderate amount of ghee to bind everything together.
Making ladoos is always a wonderful experience. You bring together some of the simple ingredients and see them turn into something very delicious and healthy. This Atta Ladoo is a perfect example of that, which also happens to be one of the many recipes for easy Indian sweets at home
In this post, I have shared a step-by-step recipe with photos to help you make some super healthy and easy atta ladoos at home.
Honestly, I have learnt to make Indian sweets at home quite recently. I have always seen neighbours making them at home, had my friends bring over what their moms would make, but I have never seen them made at my home while growing up.
Barring Payesh and Malpuas, the rest of the mishtis, as well as, Indian mithais were always store-bought. However, lately, I have seen myself hooked to this penchant to try and make more sweet recipes at home.
The quality of the sweets is unmatched. After all only the best ingredients are in use. And if proportions and instructions are kept in mind, then you won’t go wrong. Just a little bit of arm work and you can get a wonderful spread of delicious atta ladoos for yourself.
This atta ka ladoo is a North Indian winter speciality. When the temperature threatens to touch the freezing point, we need all sorts of comfortingng food to keep us warm and cosy.
This atta ladoo recipe brings together roasted aata or whole wheat flour along with some cashews, melon seeds and fox nuts (makhana) with ghee to give you a good dose of good health with every bite.
How to make Atta Ladoo – Ingredients list
- Atta or Whole Wheat Flour
- Boora – alternate would be Castor Sugar or Icing Sugar
- Ghee or Clarified Butter – alternate would be unsalted Butter but no EVOO or any other oil. Indian sweets are non-forgiving in this matter!
- Cashews – You may also use Almonds
- Fox Nuts or Makhana
- Melon Seeds
- Nutmeg Powder
- Green Cardamom Powder
In case you wish to avoid white sugar, you may make this atta ladoo recipe with jaggery. Simply replace sugar with powdered jaggery.
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Step-by-step instructions on how to make Atta Laddoo as Diwali Sweets at home easily.
This Atta Ladoo or Whole Wheat Flour Ladoo is one of the healthiest Indian mithai recipes, which can also be served as a snack. It has atta (whole wheat flour), boora (sugar crystals), nuts and a very moderate amount of ghee to bind everything together.
- Fry the Cashew, Foxnuts and Melon seeds in ghee till golden. Remove from the pan and grind them into a coarse mix. You may leave the Melon seeds whole.
- Add the flour in the pan and dry roast it till it turns golden in colour.
- Then add the Ghee and fry it further till it gets mixed up and roasts further.
- Once the mix has turned golden-brown, add the powdered spices and coarsely crushed nuts and seeds.
- Mix everything nicely and turn off the heat
- Once it is cool enough to handle, mix the boora or sugar and start rolling them into ladoos. You should get 10 small lemon sized ladoos from this batch.
Here’s a quick list of some of the most popular Indian sweets recipes from my blog
- Instant Gulab Jamun recipe using Milk Powder
- Instant Kalakand recipe using Condensed Milk
- Instant Malpoa recipe
- Gajar ka Halwa recipe without using Khoya
- Instant Gajar ka Halwa recipe
- Atta ka Halwa recipe
- Kesar Peda
- Sweet Boondi
- Rasbhari
- Khaja or Chiroti
- Chanar Jilipi or Paneer Jalebi
- Pranhara Sandesh
- Kesar Peda
- Kesar Motichoor Ladoo
- Balushahi
- Besan Ladoo
- Narkel Naru or Coconut Jaggery Ladoo
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This Atta Ladoo or Whole Wheat Flour Ladoo is one of the healthiest Indian mithai recipe, which can also be served as a snack. It has aata (whole wheat flour), boora (sugar crystals), nuts and a very moderate amount of ghee to bind everything together.
- 1 cup Whole Wheat Flour or Atta
- ¼ cup Boora
- ¼ cup Ghee
- ¼ cup Cashew
- 1 cup Fox Nuts or Makhana
- 2 tbsp Melon Seeds
- ¼ tsp Nutmeg Powder
- 3 Green Cardamom
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Take 2 tbsp of Ghee in a pan and fry the cashews till golden. Once they are ready, add the fox nuts or makhanas to it and roast till they get golden. Turn off the heat and add the melon seeds and stir it for a minute or so.
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Now, put this into a food processor and grind it into a coarse mix. Keep it aside.
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In a heavy bottom pan, dry roast the atta or whole wheat flour on low heat by stirring constantly. Continue till it turns golden brown in colour and gives out a nutty aroma.
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Add the ghee in this and continue cooking till the ghee is absorbed completely and the flour becomes a bit darker.
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Crush the cardamom and remove the peels. Add the powder and the nutmeg powder to the roasted atta. Give it a mix.
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Add the crushed nuts in this, mix well and turn off the heat.
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Take the mix out in a mixing bowl and allow this to cool down a bit.
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When it is comfortable to touch, add the boora or granulated sugar. Give it a good mix and start making ladoos. You can divide the entire mix into 10 parts and start working on each.
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Take one part in your palm and press it into a ball. continue doing so till you get a round shape.
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In case you feel that the ladoos aren't getting a good bind, add a tablespoon of warm ghee into the mix and work with it.
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Once all the ladoos are ready, keep it in an air-tight container. No need to refrigerate.
This post was first published on 10th November 2020, then republished on 19th July 2021.
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