Meena's Taste Mantra

Flaxseed Millet Walnut Ladoo - A globe of goodness! Winter Special!

The goodness of Flaxseed | Bajra & Jowar - Millets | Walnuts gets amplified when bound in this delicious globe of goodness!

Flaxseed also known as Alsi is rich in anti oxidants | fiber | lignans | Omega 3 essential fatty acids. Both Bajra and Jowar are gluten free and hold a host of health benefits. Walnuts are rich in heart healthy fats and high in antioxidants.Whatever be the benefits, that is a bonus as this tastes so delicious it takes herculean efforts to control and limit at one!

When I get irritated with the state of affairs around me, I normally work that off by preparing some sweet! This is a sure shot way for me to regain my better senses and the resulting outcome is sweet! Sweet right?? During the process of making the sweet, I get so involved in the process that it is blissful and these emotions of a happy mind do get on to add to the flavour.. Few weeks back, since I needed to get back to my happy state, I conjured up a version of this using just Bajra flour. The result was amazing, but since I had made just few of the same, did not blog it. Appa Amma and two of my colleagues loved it!

This time Amma suggested we use a mix of Jowar and Bajra. The result is super delicious. These can be made very easily and have a shelf life of more than a month... provided they last till then!

INGREDIENTS

1 cup Flaxseed
1/2 cup Bajra | Pearl Millet flour
1/2 cup Jowar Flour
1/4 cup Walnut, coarsely ground
3/4 cup Powdered Sugar

1/2 cup Homemade Ghee | Clarified butter

1/2 tsp Elaichi | Cardamom Powder

METHOD

In a pan dry roast flaxseeds. Once cool, powder and keep aside
In the same pan, add Ghee (keeping aside 2 tblspns) and roast Jowar and Bajra flour till an aromatic smell wafts across. Take care that the flours do not get burnt. This process should take about 3 minutes.
To this roasted flours add the flaxseed powder, coarsely ground walnut, powdered sugar and elaichi powder and mix well.
Remove this mix into a bowl.
Take the mixture and applying little pressure, make small lemon sized roundel. In case the mixture is crumbly add the 2 tblspns of Ghee that was kept aside. Make the remaining ladoos.
This quantity makes about 18 to 20 Flaxseed Millet Walnut Ladoos.
Once cool, store in an air tight container and enjoy these for about a month!

This is very easy to make. This can be made for any Puja as Prasadam, during festivals...or JLT :)

We have used:

1. Homemade Ghee | Clarified Butter

About C R Meena

(c) 2014 - 2016, Meena's Taste Mantra is the result of my ardent desire to share my recipes, with all who appreciate and celebrate food. These recipes are as a result of 60 years of cooking experience, influenced by tradition and exposure to various concepts, new recipes/ingredients and a passion for cooking - adapting to healthier alternatives.