Preparation time: 15 min
Cooking time: 20 min
Serves: 15 no

Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)

1. 1/4 cup cashew
2. 1/4 cup badam or almonds
3. 1/4 cup unsalted pista
4. 1/4 cup walnut (optional)
5. 1/4 cup dry figs (optional; can be substituted with dates)
6. 1/4 cup raisins
7. 1/2 cup dates
8. 2 tsp ghee
9. 2 tbsp poppy seeds or khuskhus
10. 1/2 cup grated dry coconut
11. 2 cardamom

Instructions for making dry fruits laddu:

1. Take all dry nuts like cashew, badam, pista and walnut (optional) in a frying pan. Dry roast them under medium flame until crisp and keep it aside.
2. In the same pan dry roast poppy seeds until it starts popping and keep it aside.
3. In the same pan dry roast grated dry coconut until crisp and keep it aside.
4. Wait until roasted ingredients are cool. Then coarse grind it along with cardamom using a mixer grinder. Use pulse mode and pulse it for 5 - 6 times.
5. Grind it in 2 batches and keep it aside.
6. Now take all dry fruits (raisins, figs and dates) as per measurement. You can always change the quantity as per your taste and availability of dry fruits. But make sure you use enough dry fruits.
7. Now deseed the dates and break the figs into small pieces. Also halve the raisins.
8. Transfer the dry fruits into the mixie jar and grind it. If the figs are not soft grind them separately.
9. Next take ground dry fruits and ghee in a frying pan and heat it.
10. Use a spatula and soften the dry fruits.
11. Add in powdered dry nuts.
12. Mix well and switch off the stove.
13. Once the heat is reduced, make small lemon sized balls.
14. Finish making all the balls.

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