Gond Ladoo / Dink Ladoo / Dink Vadi

Gond Ladoo/ Dink Ladoo / Dink Vadi

Ingredients

1 cup jaggery
1/2 cup dry coconut (kopra ) ( desiccated coconut )
1/2 cup water
2 tea spns ghee
1/8 tea spn nutmeg powder
1/8 tea spn cardamom powder
1 date cut into tiny pieces
1 tbl spn raisins
1 tbl spn edible gum( dink )
2 tbl spn cashews chopped into small pieces
2 tbl spns walnuts chopped into small pieces
2 tbl spns almonds chopped into small pieces
2 tbl spns poppy seeds (khus khus)

Method

Dry roast coconut till it tuns slightly brownish. Take it out on a clean plate.
Heat ghee and add edible gum. The gum puffs up like small balloons. With a spoon take out on a plate, leaving behind any remaining ghee in the pan.
Add the cashews, almonds and walnuts, fry till they start to turn brown. Add
poppy seeds and fry till they pop. Add raisins and dates and fry for few
moments. Take out on same plate. Bring to boil 1/2 cup water, add jaggery
and cook till it forms syrup. To know whether the syrup is done, take somewater on a plate and put a drop of syrup on it. If it sits like a crystal, syrup is done.
Add all the fried ingredients and mix well. Add nutmeg and cardamom powder.
Mix well.Make laddus when the mixture is still warm. Apply some ghee to palms before trying to hold the warm mixture. If the mixture dries out, sprinkle some water and heat it for few seconds.