Twenty years ago I never thought in my wildest dreams that one could ‘chat’ with someone else placed distantly across the globe. Neither did I think that it was ever possible to make new friends ‘virtually’ – without having met those people even once. Hallucination? Yes, Reality? No chance! Cut to 2011, all the things mentioned above are possible and are happening on a daily basis. The Internet has truly made this world a smaller place. I am sure many of the career women turned homemakers turned bloggers will agree with me what a big boon blogging has been. Not only are we able to learn new things to make, but are also making new friends along the way. So what if we don’t meet in reality? It’s still wonderful to stay connected via the webworld.
I met one such blogger after some random browsing and found her collection of recipes totally ‘wow worthy’. Not only does she have a huge collection of tried & tested Indian (mainly South Indian) recipes of all types, her trademark recipes are those which are the outcome of putting an assortment of ingredients together. Unusual ingredients are married off to create a unique dish. And what more, the measurements are perfect, so after trying three recipes, I know I can close my eyes and get the dish right! What adds to the charm of her recipes is that they are all made up of healthy ingredients, inspiring me to stock up on things like Barley and Bajra. If you are a mommy of a little child who tests your patience during meal times and are ready to flee because you cant think of anything ‘new’ to feed your child, then, this is the blog for you.
For now, its this interesting combo of ingredients in a Laddoo – my most favourite Indian sweet. My sweet tooth craved for more, but I had just made half a batch to curb my temptation of hogging more than two laddoos, I really wish I had made more. Since I ran out of Oats (had just abt 2 tsp) I substituted it with Oat bran which I bought to make the Whole Wheat & Oat Muffins earlier this week, so in a way, I attempted at putting some more health back into ladoos containing sugar – so that kind of offset it (at least in my mind). Now I am on the hunt for more Oat bran recipes so that I can put it to use (you know how it is when you buy an ingredient just for the sake of a recipe & then it sits forever in your pantry!). This recipe was a lifesaver! Hubbykins & babydoll loved them too. Its a jat-pat fata-fat kind of a sweet to be put together when you have guests on short notice. It barely takes 15minutes to make this and less than 5 seconds to gobble them up 🙂 Thank you Priya!
Priya’s Vermicelli & Oats Laddoos
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Yield: 12 lime size laddoos
Preparation time: 10-15mins
You Need:
(print this)
Yield: 12 lime size laddoos
Preparation time: 10-15mins
You Need:
- 1/2 cup Vermicelli (Sevai)
- 1/2 cup Oats (I used 1/4 cup of oats & 1/4 cup oat bran as I ran out of oats)
- 1/2 cup Sugar (increase it to 1 cup if you like sweeter laddoos)
- 3 pods of cardamom
- about 10 broken cashewnuts
- milk as required (about 2 tbsp)
Method:
1. Heat a non stick pan & roast the vermicelli & oats separately on a slow flame. Do not burn, but slightly roast till you get a nice aroma. Remove and allow to cool. In the same pan, toast the broken cashewnut pieces slightly.
2. Grind the roasted ingredients with sugar & cardamom in a dry grinder to a fine powder.
3. In a wide bowl put the ground powder and the cashewnut pieces and sprinkle milk little by little and mix the   everything to a crumb consistency. You will notice that the mixture will turn sticky and help you to form into balls, use more milk only if required.
4. Take a little mixture and compress between the fingers to make it compact and then roll into balls.
5. Store in an airtight container. It will keep well for 2-3 days provided they last that long 🙂
2. Grind the roasted ingredients with sugar & cardamom in a dry grinder to a fine powder.
3. In a wide bowl put the ground powder and the cashewnut pieces and sprinkle milk little by little and mix the   everything to a crumb consistency. You will notice that the mixture will turn sticky and help you to form into balls, use more milk only if required.
4. Take a little mixture and compress between the fingers to make it compact and then roll into balls.
5. Store in an airtight container. It will keep well for 2-3 days provided they last that long 🙂
totally echo ur sentiments on the net & blogging world and hey the laddoos have come out really good- u r right priya's blog is indeed a treasure trove of fun recipes !
Lovely laddo:)
You are right… Priya's recipes are unique and one of a kind… Delicious looking laddoos…
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U have a lovely blog happy to follow u…
Yep .. totally agree with you .. love blogging 🙂
Laddoos look yummy.
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Perfect laddoos!!
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Shireen, am overwhelmed by ur kind words dear,am honoured…
Glad u liked these laddoos, thanks for trying and posting on ur space dear…
Yummy looking laddos and awesome combination of adding oats and vermicelli
thr r some awards waiting for u in my blog pls come and collect….
dessert looks healthy delicious to snack on
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Ladoos look delicious. First time here. Happy to follow you. Please visit me as time permits.
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Hi Shireen.. I have tried most of your recipes they some yet nice.. last week I tried this ladoo n my hubby asked if it was store bought.. turned out really yummy.. Thank u very much
I mean simple yet nice
Hi D’Souza,
Thank you so much for the appreciation!! So glad to note that you liked these laddoos 🙂