Our Dates Sesame Seeds Ladoo recipe for today features delicious and healthy energy balls, popular in Indian households everywhere. Both dates and sesame seeds provide necessary warmth to our body during winters apart from their long health benefits. Sesame seeds sweets are typically made during Makar Sankranti in India using sugar or jaggery. Here dates act as a natural sweetener and toasted sesame seeds give that nutty flavor and bite to the otherwise soft ladoos. These ladoos are sweet , delicious  and chewy and are perfect for kids aged 18 months and above.

Dates Sesame Seeds Ladoo Recipe

Ingredients:

• 5 cup seedless dates (use good quality soft variety dates)
• 1/3 cup white Sesame seeds

Method:

1. Heat a pan or wok and dry roast the sesame seeds on a low flame until aromatic. Remove to a plate and allow to cool down.

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2. Reserve 2 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds and transfer the rest to a grinder jar and pulse 2-3 time to get a coarse powder. Do not grind too much or it will turn into paste.

3. In a mixing bowl, mash the seedless dates with your fingers or use a food processor to do so.

4. Add the sesame seeds powder to the mashed dates and mix well either with your hands or a food processor. Make a dough of the mixture. Do not apply any wet ingredient like milk or water or ghee while doing so.

5. Pinch out gooseberry shape balls out of dough and roll it in circular shape between palms. Make all the balls similarly.

6. Now spread the reserved toasted sesame seeds on to a plate.

7. Roll the prepared ladoos over the sesame seeds, pressing lightly so that sesame seeds stick to the ladoo. This step is optional. You may serve the ladoo as it is wihtout rolling over sesame seeds.

8. Keep the prepared ladoos in an air tight container and serve with glass of warm milk.

They make up for a nutritious and filling breakfast during winters when served with warm milk. These can also be packed in kids snack box . The dates Sesame seeds Ladoo recipe requires just 2 ingredients.

The ladoos have a good shelf life of 15-20 days at room temperature in air tight container. These energy balls are generally consumed during winters, but can be served whole year round in moderate quantities.