Name: ALMOND FLOUR LADDO
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 3 min
Ingredients: 2 cups almond flour; 2/3 cup jaggery powder (adjust as needed); ¼ teaspoon cardamom powder; 2-3 teaspoons melted ghee ( (or milk)); Chopped nuts ((optional))

ALMOND FLOUR LADOOS are a quick, delicious, nutritious and easy to make gluten free Indian sweet made with just almond flour, jaggery, ghee and cardamom powder!

Avoid the ghee and use plant based milk to bind the ladoo and you have a vegan snack/dessert!

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Indian sweets like ladoos, burfis, kheers, halwas etc. are usually made during festivities, gatherings or when you need some sweet bites to enjoy and to satiate your sweet cravings!

And these delicious, good for you ladoos are super easy to make and are my favorite right now!

It has almost no cooking involved and yet you end up with a super delicious and healthy sweet treat to satiate your cravings!

I had made this last Diwali (November 4, 2021) as a quick sweet to share with my extended family at a family get together and everyone was grabbing them with utter glee!

These bites being healthy, tasty and made with good for you almond flour and unrefined sugar (jaggery), everyone was enjoying them guilt free.

Although I am a food blogger who loves cooking, baking and spending all my time in the kitchen, I abhor dishes that take like forever to make!

This one is a winner in my opinion as it needs no special skill to make. If you omit the “roasting of almond flour”, you can say it is a no-cook dish too!

WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT ALMOND FLOUR LADDO?

Traditionally, laddos (round shaped sweet Indian dessert/snacks/mithais) are made using whole wheat flour, besan/chickpea flour, popped sorghum called “layi Pitta Ondo" in Konkani, puffed rice (churmura) etc. some of which need to be roasted with ghee for eons, coated in a tricky sugar/jaggery syrup and then made into ladoos.
Some of my favorites are Rava Ladoos or Semolina Ladoos, Besan or Chickpea Ladoos/Burfi. These are super easy to make too, but need a bit more preparation and effort than this one.
Almond flour ladoos need none of that gimmick!
Just blitz almond flour with jaggery powder (which is also easily available nowadays) and cardamom powder.
Add some melted ghee (or milk) if needed and if it helps in binding.
Form into ladoos (small round balls) and enjoy!

Making Indian sweets using almond flour has become more popular recently after packaged almond flour started lining grocery shelves; a big time saver for foodies like us who prefer homemade sweets as opposed to buying them from shops.

Also, these ladoos can be easily made in less than 15 minutes; a boon when you are craving for some healthy treat or when guests suddenly drop by!

Almond flour is easily available nowadays in shops or online but if you cannot find any, you can make your own.

Just soak almonds in water, deskin, dry completely and blitz in blend to a fine powder. But be careful. Blitz them more and they turn into a paste called almond butter!

I prefer to get store bought ones called almond flour which is basically the same thing but all ready to be used!

Almond flour is different from Almond meal which uses the skin too when being powdered. That is not what you want here! So do use only “almond flour” and not “almond meal” to make these ladoos.

BASIC INGREDIENTS NEEDED (Only 4!):

Almond flour – you will need fine almond flour here.
Jaggery Powder – I prefer using this unrefined version of cane sugar as opposed to using plain sugar in all my desserts and sweets as far as possible. Earlier days, we used to get only big blocks or hard rounds of jaggery. But now, they are easily available in the powdered form online or in shops (so easy to use) and my favorite is Patanjali’s jaggery powder. (The color of the ladoo depends upon color of jaggery).
You can use powdered sugar too instead if you do not like jaggery.
Cardamom powder – use already powdered store bought cardamom powder or make your own for the best and freshest flavor!
Ghee/clarified butter (optional; use only if needed)– use homemade or store bought again. You will need to melt it before mixing into the almond flour laddo mixture. If your ladoo mixture is moist enough to bind into balls, feel free to not add this; becomes totally vegan then. But addition of a couple of teaspoons of this elevates the aroma of these delicious almond flour ladoos!

That is it!

HERE IS HOW I MADE THESE GORGEOUS AND DELICIOUS ALMOND FLOUR LADDOOS:

Lightly dry roast 2 cups almond flour in a saucepan until just warm, to release its oil.

This step is optional but helps in releasing the natural oils which further will help in binding.

You can add the cardamom powder at this stage (about 1/4^th teaspoon).

Transfer the warm flour mixture into a blender jar or food processor.

Add 2/3^rd cup jaggery powder (you can add more or less depending upon the sweetness of jaggery or if you need more or less sweetness).

Blitz it in bursts or using pulse button. You will notice the mixture starting to form a mass.

Test a portion to see if it binds into a tight ball or ladoo/laddu.

If not, blitz again and try, but do not blitz too much or it will turn into a paste (almond butter!).

To help in binding, you can add 1-2 teaspoons of melted ghee (or even milk if preferred) and blend again in bursts.

Remove to a bowl and taking small portions in your hand; make into firm round ladoos.

If you love the texture of nuts, then feel free to stir in some chopped almonds in the ladoo mixture before binding.

Enjoy!!

SERVING SUGGESTIONS:

These store well at room temperature in an airtight container.

Enjoy as a snack, dessert etc. in family get togethers, festivals, special occasions etc.

Happy Eating!

If you do happen to try this easy Almond Flour Ladoo in your home, I would be thrilled to see and hear about it!

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Do check out these quick and easy Indian sweets too which I love:

ALMOND FLOUR LADDO

A quick, delicious, nutritious and easy to make gluten free Indian sweet made with just almond flour, jaggery, ghee and cardamom powder!

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine Indian

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 3 minutes

Author Vanitha Bhat

Ingredients

2 cups almond flour
2/3 cup jaggery powder adjust as needed
¼ teaspoon cardamom powder
2-3 teaspoons melted ghee (or milk)
Chopped nuts (optional)

Instructions

Lightly dry roast 2 cups almond flour in a saucepan until just warm to release its oil.
This step is optional but helps in releasing the natural oils which further will help in binding.
You can add the cardamom powder at this stage (about 1/4th teaspoon).
Transfer the warm flour mixture into a blender jar or food processor.
Add 2/3rd cup jaggery powder (you can add more or less depending upon the sweetness of jaggery or if you need for more or less sweetness)
Blitz it in bursts or using pulse button. You will notice the mixture starting to form a mass.
Test a portion to see if it binds into a tight ball or ladoo.
If not, blitz again and try, but do not blitz too much or it will turn into a paste (almond butter!).
To help in binding, you can add 2 teaspoons of melted ghee (or even milk if preferred) and blend again in bursts.
Remove to a bowl and taking small portions in your hand; make into firm round ladoos.
If you love the texture of nuts, then feel free to stir in some chopped almonds in the ladoo mixture before binding.
Enjoy!!

Recipe Notes

Adjust the amount of jaggery according to your taste.
Instead of jaggery powder, you can use powdered sugar too.
Adding melted ghee or milk (regular or plant based) is optional but if it helps in binding, do add.
The color of the ladoo will depend upon color of the jaggery.
Enjoy and Happy Eating!