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Kajur gond pak recipe |kajur gond ladoo recipe | kajur gond ladoo

Author Nehas Cook Book
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Course Indian sweets
Cuisine Indian
Servings 25 pieces

Ingredients
 

  • 500 grm soft dates - khajur
  • 100 grm gond
  • 6 tbsp ghee
  • 50 grm or ½ cup chopped almonds
  • 50 grm or ½ cup chopped cashews
  • 50 grm or ½ cup chopped pistachio
  • 2 tbsp poppy seeds
  • 2 tbsp watermelon seeds
  • 50 grm or ¾ cup dry coconut
  • ½ tsp cardamom powder
  • 1 tbsp dry ginger powder
  • 1 tbsp sugar - optional

Instructions

  • Remove seeds from dates and keep them aside.
  • In a heavy bottom pan kadai, heat 4 tbsp ghee and add gond into batches. Fry gond till it completely puffs up.
  • Then crush fried gond completely with a steel bowl. keep it aside
  • Now roast ½ cup almonds, ½ cup cashew, and ½ cup pistachio. Roast on low flame until the dry fruits turn golden and crunchy.
  • Then in a mortal-pestal, crush dry fruits into small pieces. Keep it aside.
  • Then add 2 tbsp poppy seeds, 2 tbsp watermelon seeds, and ¾ cup dry coconut. Roast it until they turn crunchy. Take it out into a plate and Keep it aside.
  • Now in a pan, add 2 tbsp ghee and deseeded dates and roast until the dates become soft and scratchy and the ghee ooze out from its sides.
  • Switch off the flame and when the mixture is slightly hot, add dry fruit pieces, crushed gond, coconut-seeds mixture, sugar, cardamom powder, and dry ginger powder. Mix well.
  • Khajur gond pak mixture is ready. divide it into two parts.
  • From one part, roll the ladoo and coat it with dry coconut.
  • For another part, transfer the prepared mixture to a greased plate lined with baking paper and set well forming a block.
  • allow setting for 1-2 hrs at room temperature or 30 in the refrigerator.
  • Cut into pieces and unmold them.
  • Serve khajur pak or store in an airtight container for 15-20 days or months in the refrigerator.

Notes

  • Use soft and seedless khajur for khajur pak.
  • Roasted dry fruit in ghee gives its crunchy taste to khajur pak.
  • Roast everything on low flame.
  • if the mixture cools and you cannot make pak or ladoo, do not worry. you can microwave for a minute or add some ghee saute on a tawa until the dates warm up again.
  • Store khajur gond pak in an airtight container for 15-20 days or months in the refrigerator.