Oats and Dates Laddu/Energy Balls is a healthy recipe that gives you instant energy on a tiring day as the name says. Lately, as you all know a wide variety of healthy oats recipes are being made. Like Oats energy bar, Oats dosa, Overnight Oats and the list goes on. Oats are a nutrient-rich food that helps to lose weight, control cholesterol etc.
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Also, on the other hand, Dates are packed with essential nutrients, rich in fibre and natural sugars.
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People say that having three dates on a daily basis is very good for our body and skin. Soaking overnight and consuming in the morning is another alternative.
Today I am going to share an Energy ball recipe that has NO SUGAR, NO JAGGERY but only NATURAL SUGARS from DATES.
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Also, I added flaxseeds too to this energy ball for that extra nutritional value.
I also posted a recipe on Atukula Laddu/Flattened Rice Laddu which is made of Jaggery, another Healthy Energy Laddu.
Now let’s jump into the ingredients and step by step procedure of the recipe.
Ingredients
- Rolled Oats-1 Cup
- Dates/Karjuraalu/Karjuura-1 Cup De-seeded
- Flax Seeds-1 Teaspoon
- Cashew nuts/Jeedipappu/Godambi-10-15
- Almonds/Badampappu/Badami-10-15
- Clarified Butter/Ghee/Neyyi/Thuppa-1 Teaspoon
Procedure for Oats and Dates Laddu/Energy Balls
- Heat a heavy-bottomed pan, dry roast oats until crisp and starts changing the color.
- Remove onto a plate and allow it to cool down.
- In the same pan add in Cashew nuts, almonds, and dry roast them as well until they start turning golden brown.
Cashews&Almonds in pan Roasted Cashews&Almonds - Remove and allow to cool down
- Switch off the stove and add in Flaxseeds roast them until crisp (the heat of the pan should be fine to roast them until crisp)
- Remove all the roasted ingredients and allow them to cool down
- Once cooled, add them to a mixer jar or grinder and grind to a coarse powder.
- Now add in the dates and grind until paste-like consistency.
- Check the paste if it can hold the shape when squeezed like a chapati dough ball.
- In the end, at this stage, add ghee/clarified butter in 3 intervals and run for 2 seconds until combined.
- Transfer to a plate and form laddus/energy balls of the size you wish for.
- Healthy Oats and Dates Laddu/Energy Balls are ready to give instant energy 🙂 on a tiring day.
–You can even roast Peanuts and add in this for that extra nutty flavour.
–I used Quaker Rolled OatsÂ
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