Sonth(Dry Ginger) or Gond ka laddu

Winter is here…..and its good to have Gond ka laddu during winter. It gives warmth, immunity and energy to the body. So I am sharing with you. Hope you enjoy…  

Ingredients –

1. Wheat flour – 4 cups
2. Dry ginger powder – 2 table spoon
3. Sugar/Jaggery – 2 cups or as per your taste
4. Turmeric powder – 1 tea spoon
5. Dry fruits(almonds, cashew, etc.)- 1.5 cup
6. Muskmelon seeds – 1 table spoon
7. Gond / edible gum resin – 1 table spoon
8. Ghee –2 cup
9. Black pepper powder –  1 tsp

Method –

• Add ghee in the pan/kadai on medium flame.
• Put gond in the melted ghee and fry till it becomes light brown in color.

• Take out the gond in a bowl, now fry dry fruits till it becomes light brown in color.

• Take out the dry fruits in a separate  bowl.
• Add the wheat  flour in a kadai, cook till the wheat flour becomes light brown in color.

• Take out the wheat flour in a separate bowl.
• Add ginger powder to the pan, keep stirring and roast the sonth for about 1 minutes.

• Take out the ginger powder in a bowl, add muskmelon seeds to the pan, cook for few seconds.

• Grind the dry fruits using a mixer.

• Put the fried gond in a plate and press it using a rolling pin or mug/glass.

• Take a large utensil, add all the ingredients, turmeric powder and sugar, mix all together.

• Take small portion of mixture, roll them into small laddu

• Gond ka laddu is ready, store it in air tight container.