Almond Butter Laddus
Earlier last week, I stumbled upon Rachna’s blog and found a an interesting recipe for preparing laddus using peanut butter. It’s such an easy recipe, with no cooking at all. Surprisingly I had all the ingredients at home and moreover it was my friend’s daughter’s birthday, so I went ahead and made it immediately.
First I tried it with peanut butter. One thing I forgot to notice was, the peanut butter had sodium in it, so the laddus were both sweet and salty. But we did like the taste.
Later I remembered about the almond butter which was lying in my pantry after using it for the almond butter bread. Immediately I checked the nutrition label and I saw 0gm Sodium. So I made the ladoos again with almond butter and it was absolutely delicious.
For my laddoos I used 1/2 a cup of almond butter, 1/4 a cup of regular icing sugar, 1/4 cup of khoya and a pinch of cardamom powder. Simply combine all the ingredients and shape it into balls. I got 13 small ladoos for this measurement.
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Tags: almond butter, cardamom powder, elaichi powder, icing sugar, khova, khoya, laddoos, laddus, mawa, peanut butter
July 16th, 2008 at 5:31 am
Yummo!!! Looks really nice!
July 16th, 2008 at 5:34 am
Delicious laddus. Loved the color.
July 16th, 2008 at 6:53 am
Laddus look ravishing Madhuram…
July 16th, 2008 at 8:02 am
awesome laddus, madhu! perfectly shaped and reeeeeeally tempting!
July 16th, 2008 at 8:11 am
Madhu accka the recipe looks superb.
I have a question though…What is Khoya? Is there another name for it?I have never heard of it till now. Did you get at the local grocers or an Indian store?
I’m just trying to figure out if I’d be able to get it here in Toronto.
Thanks.
July 16th, 2008 at 8:37 am
these look delicious Madhu! I could easily eat all 6 of them
July 16th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Wow.. looks delicious.. new one to me dear
July 16th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Awesome and mouthwatering laddus mahuram…..Love the color…
July 16th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Can i grab one ?
Looks delicous 
July 16th, 2008 at 10:00 am
Looks delicious!!
July 16th, 2008 at 11:24 am
Laddus look delicious and really so simple to make. I love these ‘no-cook’ laddus specially on certain poojas when you need to make at least 3-4 different types of sweets. This one is definitely a recipe to keep in mind.
July 16th, 2008 at 11:56 am
looks delicious,..thnks for sharin,..
July 16th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Easy tasty snacck..
July 16th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
How lovely, Madhuram. These look divinely delicious.
July 16th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Delicious
July 16th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Hey Madhu,
Im so glad you liked the ladoos, you had a question on cooking them or not, well the first time I cooked the mixture, but the second time I didnt, so do what suits your tastebuds… and making them with almond butter is sucha cool idea…. nice
July 16th, 2008 at 3:38 pm
Yum..looks delicious
July 16th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
These Quick laddus looks awesome!
July 16th, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Hi Madhuram. Sorry about not being around for a while. But didn’t mean that I had forgotten about you
. How have you been? 
July 16th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
i would love to make this. what can i use instead of khoya? lemme think.
July 16th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
That looks super tasty!
July 17th, 2008 at 4:54 am
Apple Poli and now Almond butter Laddoos. You’re very innovative in sweets Madhuram. These are like Marzipan Undes -
July 17th, 2008 at 5:06 am
What a delicious and nutritious treat! Thank you for a wonderful entry.
July 17th, 2008 at 10:41 am
Sivajini: Khoya is called gova in tamil. It’s like palgova but without sugar. Your mother will know it for sure. It’s milk reduced to form a solid. It’s available in Indian grocery stores in the freezer.
Kalva, it was new to me too, when I first saw the recipe. I was a bit skeptical about doing it but in the end totally loved the laddus.
Spillay, I’m very fine. Actually I did keep checking your blog and thought you were on a vacation.
Lakshmi, thank you very much.
July 17th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Hmm… Dear madhu.. I have a similar recipe minus the khoya with a lot of other stuff… will post soon
July 17th, 2008 at 11:13 am
oh cool… thanks
July 17th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
yum!! that is a great idea…and those ladoos would be finished by me in a single sitting
July 17th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Thank you for your feedback. I appreciate it. I tried registering at Taste of india, but for some unknown reason it’s not getting added there
I try to use more oatmeal as part of our meals too:)
I went thro’ your blog and you have very unique and nice recipes and i have bookmarked your site. I love the photos as well.
July 17th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
hai ..thanks or ur comments dear…yes with the help of knief my hubby shaped that parathas….i really liked ur laddos ..its soo cute looking and unique dish….lov to grab one of those…its mouthwatering
July 17th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
after looking at ur laddus I bought khoya, ghee, and butter few things related to laddu. now will make it :)). Looking wonderful.
July 17th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
@Bhawana: You don’t need ghee Bhawana. The oil in the peanut butter or almond butter is sufficient. I made these again today, it’s just combining, the nut butter, khova, confectioner’s sugar and elaichi powder and making laddoos. Very easy and delicious dessert. Do try it and let me know how it comes.
July 18th, 2008 at 3:30 am
Cute yummy laddoos:-)
July 18th, 2008 at 11:04 am
btw will post herb mania today.. have been busy last two weeks …
July 18th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Hi Madhuram,this looks delicious…..
July 23rd, 2008 at 8:00 pm
Delicious looking laddoos….Amazing photos….You have a wonderful blog