Pearl Millet Laddu | Kambu Laddu Recipe

Pearl Millet Laddu is one of the healthy recipes which can be made within minutes. This can be served to all ages as it’s made with millets. Learn how to make healthy pearl millet laddu with step by step images, tips and a video.

Pearl Millet Laddu

We can either make jaggery syrup to knead flour or just grind millet chapatti to a soft paste. We can make this recipe in different ways. One of the options is to steam flour and knead by adding jaggery syrup and the other is our method.

To enhance the flavour of the Kambu Laddu Recipe we have added hot water to knead flour and then made chapatti by frying with ghee. They are then crushed to a soft batter by adding jaggery and then topped with fried dry fruits.

As jaggery is added directly and we have added a generous quantity of ghee its flavour will mesmerize you. Also, you don’t find any stickiness of jaggery. You may also add sugar to make this recipe but jaggery is healthier than sugar.

Tips to make the perfect pearl millet laddu recipe:

  • Adding hot water while making dough will give mild stickiness which helps in bonding dough.
  • While pressing dough to roti shape, using an oiled sheet will make it easy.
  • When frying millet roti, do not worry about cracks as we roast it only to enhance flavour.
  • Crush dry fruits to small sizes including raisins so that we can make laddu easily without any cracks.
  • Our version of laddu melts in the mouth and is very soft, if you want to make it harder then make use of jaggery syrup.
  • We can add cardamom powder to give a nice aroma.
Kambu Laddu Recipe

You may also like to check other Laddu recipes:

Poha Ladoo,

Boondi Laddu,

Coconut Ladoo,

Rava Ladoo and

Bread Crumbs Laddu.

Pearl Millet Laddu | Kambu Laddu Recipe

Pearl Millet Laddu is one of the healthy recipes which can be made within minutes. This can be served to all ages as it’s made with millets.

Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Keyword Kambu Laddu Recipe, Pearl Millet Laddu
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 12 Laddu
Author Uppada Lakshmi

Ingredients

  • Pearl millet flour – 1 bowl
  • Salt – ¼ tbsp.
  • Ghee – 4 tbsp.
  • Hot water – to knead the flour.
  • Jaggery – 1 cup
  • Almonds – 1 tbsp.
  • Cashew – 2 tbsp.
  • Raisins – 1 tbsp.

Instructions

  1. In a mixing bowl, add pearl millet flour, salt, ghee and hot water in batches to get a hard dough.
  2. Knead the dough for a while so that we get mild stickiness. This helps in making chapatti shape.
  3. As rolling cannot be done with this dough, we make the shape of the disc directly by pressing with fingers.
  4. To make it easy, make use of a polythene sheet and little ghee. ( I have used oil packing cover as polythene sheet as it’s greasy.)
  5. Grease frying pan either with oil or ghee and gently place dough sheet and roast till its golden colour on both sides.
  6. Once these sheets are cooled, crush them into small pieces and add jaggery to them.
  7. Put this mix in a mixer grinder and grind to make a soft paste.
  8. Transfer this paste to a mixer bowl and keep it aside.
  9. Heat ghee in a tadka and roast dry fruits till they turn golden brown. Pour this mixture over millet dough while it’s hot.
  10. Mix the whole mixture and take a small portion of dough and roll to get round shapes.
  11. Perl Millet Laddu or Kambu Laddu Recipe should be consumed within 3 days or else it becomes sour.

Recipe Video

How to make pearl millet laddu recipe:

1.  Add pearl millet flour in a mixing bowl, add a pinch of salt, 2 tbsp. ghee and hot water in small batches.

pearl millet laddu recipe: Add flour, salt, ghee and water in a mixing bowl.

2.  Mix dough and take a small portion of dough and press over a polythene cover to make a thin disc shape. Grease the frying pan and gently place it over it.

pearl millet laddu recipe: press and roast millet roti.

3.  Once they turn a golden colour, flip to another side. Once they are done transfer to another plate.

pearl millet laddu recipe: roast millet chapati.

4.  When chapatti turns cool, break into small pieces and put them in a mixing bowl. Add jaggery and transfer this mix to the mixer grinder.

break chaapti into small pieces and add jaggery.

5.  Grind to a soft paste and transfer to the same mixing bowl. Keep aside.

pearl millet laddu recipe: grind to soft paste.

6.  In a tadka vessel, heat 2 tbsp. ghee, almonds, cashew and raisins.

In a tadka vessel, heat 2 tbsp. ghee, almonds, cashew and raisins.

7.  Once dry fruits turn golden brown, put them in dough mix while ghee is hot.

pearl millet laddu recipe: pour dry fruits along with ghee over dough.

8.  Mix well and press to make a round shape. Place pearl millet laddu on a plate and store in an air-tight container and consume within 3 days.

Press and mould pearl millet laddu.

Watch this recipe video on ( Youtube ).

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