Flax Seed Ladoo Recipe

Flax Seed Ladoo Recipe is a super healthy, high protein recipe of sweetened energy balls that can be packed for your kids snack box or even eaten as an energy bar post a work out.

Archana Doshi
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Flax Seed Ladoo Recipe is a super healthy, high protein recipe of sweetened energy balls that can be packed for your kids snack boxes or even had as a quick bite on the go when they are having a sugar craving or feeling low on energy.

Flaxseeds and roasted gram dal make a perfect combination of Omega 3 and proteins packing these ladoos with a load of goodness. Great to carry for a boost of energy on a picnic, trek, or even just to make and store at home. This recipe uses portions of jaggery and sugar to sweeten the ladoos, but you could also use only jaggery and omit the sugar completely to make it even healthier for you and your family.

Serve the Flax Seed Ladoo as a Dessert for any festive occasion. You can also serve it as a snack in the vening with your hot cup of Masala Chai or Filter Coffee.

Here's a few other interesting high-energy bites you might also want to make and stock at home:

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  2. Pineapple And Cashewnut Energy Fudge
  3. Green Tea Coconut Ladoo

Cuisine: Indian
Course: Dessert
Diet: Vegetarian
Equipments Used: Hard Anodised Kadai (Wok)
Prep in

20 M

Cooks in

20 M

Total in

40 M

Makes:

4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Roasted Gram Dal (Pottukadalai)
  • 1/4 cup Jaggery , crushed
  • 1 teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)
  • 1/4 cup Flax seed powder (flax meal) , (freshly ground)
  • 1/4 cup Almond Meal (Badam Powder)
  • 1/4 cup Ghee
  • 5 tablespoons Ghee

How to make Flax Seed Ladoo Recipe

  1. To begin making the Flax Seed Ladoo Recipe, we will first dry roast the already roasted chana dal until it releases the roasted aroma and slightly changes its color.

  2. Allow the roasted gram dal to cool down and powder it. 

  3. Keep all the remaining ingredients powdered and ready to be combined to make into a ladoo.

  4. Next in a large bowl, combine all of the ladoo ingredients including roasted chana dal powder, jaggery, cardamom powder, flax seeds powder, almond meal and ghee.

  5. Knead using your hands until it holds into a ball of mass. Keep kneading until you can make lemon size balls of the flax seed ladoos. 

  6. The heat in your hands will help all the ingredients to bind itself together. So resist adding more ghee and add only if needed

  7. Roll them into lemon size balls and the flax seed ladoos are ready. Store the ladoos an air tight container in the refrigerator.

  8. Serve the Flax Seed Ladoo as a Dessert for any festive occasion. You can also serve it as a snack in the vening with your hot cup of Masala Chai or Filter Coffee.

Note : You can now pack these Flax Seed Ladoos as a healthy snack for those long treks, schools snack boxes or even a mid morning snack.