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Date and Nut Ladoo

Date and Nut Ladoo (Healthy Indian Candy) Recipe by Manjula

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Date and Nut Ladoo (Healthy Indian Candy) Recipe by Manjula

Date and Nut Ladoo

This recipe is for Date and Nut Ladoo, or Candy as we call them at home. For my grand kids they are like candy and they love it. Adapted from my friend Renu’s recipe, when I tried this ladoo for the first time, I said WOW. I could not believe the main ingredient was only dates. That surprised me because I am not very fond of dates. This was the first time I have tasted date ladoos flavored with coco powder. This is a quick and easy recipe. Like me if you are using roasted nuts then there is a little or no cooking involved? This is a guilt free healthy snack (no sugar or butter added). Date ladoos are also vegan and gluten free. It's hard to eat just one!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Servings 18 ladoos

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup dates pitted and chopped (khajoor)
  • 1-1/2 cups mixed nuts roasted and roughly chopped, I am using almonds, pistachios, cashews, and pecans
  • 2 tablespoons coco powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon oil to oil your palms

Instructions
 

  • Soften the chopped dates in microwave for 30 seconds.
  • Blend the dates in the food processor until they become to the paste, this should take about 10 seconds, add coffee, coco, and salt blend it again until all the ingredients nicely incorporated about 10 seconds. Add the nuts to the food processor and blend it for about 15 seconds. Nuts should be still chunky.
  • Remove from food processor, oil your palm and knead the mix into dough, and divide them into 18 equal parts and roll them into ladoos.
  • Dates and nuts ladoos can be stored in air tight container for a month or more.

Notes

Notes: if you do not have roasted nuts dry roast them individually for about 3 minutes on medium heat and use your choice of nuts.
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

Comments

36 responses to “Date and Nut Ladoo”

  1. Tripti Goel

    very nice recipe and looking tasty.

  2. Kalpana

    Hi Manjulaji …thank you for this easy and taste ful recepie….we all enjoyed

  3. Anne M

    Thank you for this wonderful, easy Ladoo recipe. Even those who don’t like dates in my family loved this recipe. It’s so simple, fast to make and very yummy. I appreciate your videos and your very clear instructions with precise measures.

  4. Sylwia

    Thank you so much for so many good recipes. Can you please tell me do you use oil/ghee to roast nuts or you roast them on dry pan?

    1. Manjula Jain

      Sylwia, Thank you for compliment. I dry roast the nuts don’t need oil or ghee.

  5. Diksha Tolani

    Hi Manjula Aunty,

    Can we make this recipe using dried dates?
    Since I’m not much of a dessert specialist, how would we pick the right kind of fresh dates for the recipe in case dried dates won’t work for the recipe?
    Appreciate any advice you give me as I’d like to make these for my family and work colleagues 🙂

  6. Shikha jain

    Hi Manjula Aunty
    Its always difficult to find good recipe without onion garlic but your site helps us this way !! Thanks a lot for sharing these.
    One thing that I cant stop myself mentioning that u resemble my mom a lot ….specially the time when you give cooking instruction….this is another reason why ur recipes always brings more taste for me .
    Thanks

    1. Manjula Jain

      Shikha, thank the best compliment

  7. Valerie

    Manjula, dear. Do you think that dried figs could be substituted for the dates? Thank you for all your wonderful recipes.

    1. Humaira

      Figs especially dried figs should not be taken more than one and half in a day because it is hot in nature and can cause different complications in digestion, so better to avoid in large quantity.

      1. Manjula Jain

        Humaria, good information but this recipe do not use any fig

  8. Ashwani

    Dear Auntie,
    Thanks so much for putting such delicious vegan recipes on your website also. I was so lucky to grow up eating your food! I have for past few years given up eggs, meat, cheese/dairy, etc. and love cooking delicious vegan foods at home. Even though my kids and wife are not vegan, they still enjoy many of my vegan dishes. We at least stopped buying eggs and milk so I make plenty of tofu scramble / cheela omelette instead of eggs. I love to cook/experiment in the kitchen and “veganize” old recipes.

    For this recipe, I want to try it using carob powder. Amita bought some and I tasted it last time when I visited. It has a very pleasant sweet flavor, almost reminds me of chocolate but I think it would do well in your recipe for those wanting to avoid cocoa or coffee.

    1. Manjula Jain

      Ashwani, It is so good to hear from you, I just read about carob powder, this should work I will also experiment

    2. Parul Rana

      Ashwini, You may use carob powder as cocoa powder replacer. I have used carob powder so many times as cocoa powder replacer. It goes well in cakes as well. The amount is same as cocoa powder.

      1. Jaswant

        What is carob powder and where can you get it

  9. Reni

    Hello Manjulaji,

    i have bought Date Paste from Orient Store.
    Can i use these for this recipe too?

    1. Manjula Jain

      Reni, that will be very sticky

  10. Swechha

    Mam…can we soften the khajur without microwave? How?

    1. Manjula Jain

      Swecha, soften them over steam

  11. Kirti

    Thanks manjulaji.I tried this recipe .it’s very nice and healthy as well. You are amazing.

  12. Poonam

    What a awesome receipe! Love you cooking Manjula Jain!

  13. Mila

    Dear Manjulaji,
    What is the coffee meant for? Is it absolutely neaded for the taste? Or can it be substituted with something else? I would like to make caffeine-free ladddoos

    1. Manjula Jain

      Mila, coffee just for flavor, just do without

  14. Piyush

    Very good recipes Manjula Ji. Dates and nuts laddu are very simple and very-very healthy. Thank you.

  15. Piyush

    Bahut. Simple and healthy. As one my sis told to use it Prasaad. Fantastic.

  16. Arati

    Manjulaji, can we do it without cocoa & coffee powder incase giving to kids

    1. Manjula Jain

      Arati, yes you can do without

  17. dolly

    Very nice and simple recipe. Thanks manju aunty.

  18. Ghanshyam Trivedi

    Hi Manjuji

    Its very good recipe and I’ll try to make this one .
    Its my hobby to cook many Gujarati sweet at my home.
    Is this sweet okay for fast? (Upvas)

  19. Anam

    Hi manjula aunty. Can we make the recipe without coco powder?if yes, any substitute for it or it can be ok without it? Thank you

    1. Manjula Jain

      Anam, do without coco powder there is no substitute

  20. Zeenie

    Hello Manjulaji
    The coco powder in the receipe is sweetened or unsweetened ?

    1. Manjula Jain

      Zeenie, unsweetened

  21. kamla masalawalla

    this recipe would be ideal to take for PRASAD at religious ceremonies.so quick and easy to make.
    i have done so
    thank you Manjulaji for a great recipe.

  22. Lori

    Can you make these into more of a square?

    1. Manjula Jain

      yea Lori, you can do that too.

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