Diwali Special Sesame Seed Ladoo

The healthy, easy, tasty Diwali sweet is sesame laddu. Thus the sesame has many health benefits so it’s important to add in your Diwali sweet. Sesame seeds are rich in vitamins and minerals. They are very good sources of B-complex vitamins such as niacin, folic acid, thiamin (vitamin B1), pyridoxine (vitamin B6), and riboflavin. They have antibacterial, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, and anti-cancer as well as many health promoting properties. The peanut is added in it also has many benefits. So in Diwali eat this tasty, healthy sweet. So I have shared recipe for sesame laddu thus they are,

Prep Time : 5 mins
Cook Time : 10 mins
Yields:14 Sesame laddus
Recipe Category: Snacks-Indian Sweets

Ingredients needed

Sesame seeds/ellu (black or white)- 1 cup (Buy rajexim because they are organic)
Jaggery - 1/2 cup
Roasted Peanuts -1/2 cup (optional) (Use rajexim they are export quality peanuts)
Preparation

• Dry roast sesame seeds until it sizzles and you get a nice nutty flavor of roasted sesame seeds.
• Powder jaggery. (you can get good quality powdered organic jaggery in health stores)
• Roast peanuts and powder it coarsely. If using roasted peanuts, skip this step.

Method:

• Grind sesame seeds coarsely and add powdered jaggery to it. Dry grind both together until well combined. Transfer it to a plate, add coarsely ground peanuts and mix everything well.

Coffee Mousse Cake

Ingredients:

1.5 Cups Milk

2 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder

1 Tablespoon Coffee Instant

2 Eggs, separated

0.5 Cup sugar Powdered

1.5 Tablespoons Gelatin

4 Tablespoons Water

0.5 Teaspoon Vanilla Essence

0.5 Cup Fresh Cream

20 Biscuits

2 Tablespoons Butter, melted.

  

Method

Preparation & Cooking - 60 mins

1. Crush the biscuits and mix it with the melted butter. Layer this mixture into the serving dish and pop it into the fridge
2. Warm the milk. Dissolve the cocoa powder and instant coffee in about 2 tbsp. of the warm milk. Once dissolved, add the mixture to the rest of the milk and keep aside
3. Beat the egg yolks and sugar till light and fluffy (it will be pale yellow color).
4. Add the yolk mixture (from step 2) to the chocolate milk mixture (from step 1). Cook this over a pan of simmering water or a double boiler till the mixture coats the back of a spoon
5. Soak the gelatin in the water for about 5 minutes and then add it to the mixture being double boiled (step 3) and mix well so that it is dissolved
6. Once cooled, add the vanilla essence and keep it in the fridge till its half set (about half an hour)
7. Once half set, fold in the cream. Beat the egg whites stiff and fold it into the cream mixture carefully
8. Pour this into the dish layered with the biscuit mixture and chill for a couple of hours or overnight
9. Serve with whipped cream or chocolate shavings