Chane ke laddu, made from roasted chana, peanuts, and jaggery, is a healthy recipe that gives you the nourishment and the warmth required in winters.
This is very good to satiate the sweet tooth of diabetics. Also, it fills you with instant energy and warmth. Agreed that it is not a very fancy laddu but nothing to beat its benefits.
It is a very easy-to-go recipe and gets ready in just 10 to 15 minutes. Here, store-bought roasted chana is used. Along with chana, little peanuts are added to give a slightly crunchy taste. You can have it in breakfast or after meals without carrying any guilt. Having chana daily is good for everyone in numerous ways.
Benefits
- It increases your immunity thereby you become less prone to diseases especially related to weather changes like cold and cough.
- Then it aids in help loss as it keeps you full for a longer period of time thus avoiding the need to have frequent meals.
- If interested in knowing more about the benefits of roasted chana then read here.
Step By Step Recipe
- Take all the ingredients.
- Take roasted chana and grind it coarsely, better done with a rolling pin.
- Roast Peanuts, rub off its skin. Now coarsely grind it, again with a rolling pin only.
- Chop Jaggery into small pieces.
- In a heavy-bottomed pan, take jaggery. Add 2 Tablespoons water and let it dissolve on medium flame. Keep stirring off and on.
- As soon as the jaggery dissolves completely, give it one more boil and add chana and peanuts.
- Mix everything nicely and switch off the flame.
- Wait for about 5 minutes so that it cools down slightly.
- Wet your hands and form laddus. After 2 to 3 laddus when hands are dried, again wet them. If the hands are wet then the mix doesn't stick and it is easier to make laddus.
- Take sesame seeds on a plate and roll laddus in it.
- Store in an airtight container. Enjoy in breakfast or after meals.
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Chane Ke Laddu
- 150 g Roasted Chana
- 50 g Roasted Peanuts
- 200 g Jaggery
- 1 Tablespoon Sesame Seeds (Optional)
- Take roasted chana and grind it coarsely, better done with a rolling pin.
- Roast Peanuts, rub off its skin. Now coarsely grind it, again with a rolling pin only.
- Chop Jaggery into small pieces.
- In a heavy bottomed pan, take jaggery. Add 2 Tablespoon water and let it dissolve on medium flame. Keep stirring off and on.
- As soon as the jaggery dissolves completely, give it one more boil and add chana and peanuts.
- Mix everything nicely and switch off the flame.
- Wait for about 5 minutes so that it cools down slightly.
- Wet your hands and form laddus. After 2 to 3 laddus when hands are dried, again wet them. If the hands are wet then the mix doesn't stick and it is easier to make laddus.
- Take sesame seeds in a plate and roll laddus in it.
- Store in an airtight container. Enjoy in breakfast or after meals.
- I have added more of chana and peanuts as we prefer less sweet. You can reduce the total quantity of these to 150 gm from 200 gm.
- You can take Chana and peanuts in equal quantities or in any other ratio you prefer. I have taken very few peanuts as they are rich in calories. You can even skip peanuts.
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