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Laddu

Laddu or Laddoo (Hindi

Hindi

Standard Hindi, also known as High Hindi, Nagari Hindi or Literary Hindi is a Standard language register of Hindi. It is one of the 22 official languages of India, and is used, along with English language, for administration of the central government....
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India

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n, Pakistan

Pakistan

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i and Bengal

Bengal

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i sweet that is often prepared to celebrate festivals or household events such as weddings. It is made of flour and other ingredients formed into balls that are dipped in sugar syrup.

Variants
Variations in the preparation of laddu result in different types of the sweet.

Ramdana (amaranth
Amaranth

Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth or pigweed, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs. Approximately 60 species are presently recognized, with inflorescences and foliage ranging from purple and red to gold....
seed) laadu: A very tasty and crispy laddu from Uttar Pradesh, made with Ramdana, jaggery and dry fruits

Tirupati laddu: Tirupati laddu, made at Tirumala

Tirumala

Tirumala may refer to:* Tirumala Venkateswara Temple, Tirupati Temple* Tirumala - Tirupati, the temple town* Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, Trust of Tirupati Temple...
in Andhra Pradesh, is intensely sweet and made of tiny syrup soaked balls called boondi

Boondi

Boondi or boondhi is a Indian snack. There is a sweet type and a salted variant called Khara....
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Variants

Variations in the preparation of laddu result in different types of the sweet.

Ramdana (amaranth
Amaranth

Amaranthus, collectively known as amaranth or pigweed, is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs. Approximately 60 species are presently recognized, with inflorescences and foliage ranging from purple and red to gold....
seed) laadu: A very tasty and crispy laddu from Uttar Pradesh, made with Ramdana, jaggery and dry fruits

Tirupati laddu: Tirupati laddu, made at Tirumala

Tirumala

Boondi

Boondi or boondhi is a Indian snack. There is a sweet type and a salted variant called Khara....
. This is sold as Prasadam of Lord Venkateshwara.

Motichoor: Motichoor laddu or Boondi

Boondi

Boondi or boondhi is a Indian snack. There is a sweet type and a salted variant called Khara....
laddu is a sweet delicacy made from grilled gram flour

Gram flour

Gram flour is a flour made from ground chana dal, a legume otherwise known as chickpeas. It is also known as nokhodchi , besan [pronounced 'bay-sum', kadala maavu , "Senaga Pindi" , kadale hittu , chickpea flour, nohut unu , garbanzo flour and harina de garbanzo ....
flakes which are sweetened, mixed with almonds, pressed into balls and fried in ghee

Ghee

Ghee is a class of clarified butter that originated in the Indian subcontinent, and is important in South Asian cuisine and Middle Eastern cuisine ....
. This sweetmeat is believed to have originated from Motichur, a small town near Haridwar

Haridwar

Haridwar ) is a holy city and municipal board in the Haridwar District of Uttarakhand, India. In Hindi, Haridwar stands for Dwar of Hari or Gateway to God, 'Hari' meaning god and 'dwar' meaning gate....
and popularized by the Saharanpur

Saharanpur

Saharanpur is a city and a Municipal Corporation in the States and territories of India of Uttar Pradesh in northern India. It is the public administration headquarters of Saharanpur District as well as Saharanpur Division....
, Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarnagar is a city and a municipal board & a district in the Indian States and territories of India of Uttar Pradesh. It is the headquarters of the Muzaffarnagar district....
region of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh , [often referred to as U.P.] is a States and territories of India located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 190 million people,...
. The fact that the western Uttar Pradesh belt is the largest producer of cane sugar in the country has helpd develop variants of this laddu - known as khaand ke laddu and guldane ke laddu. Maner

Maner

Maner is a city and a notified area in Patna district in the Indian States and territories of India of Bihar....
, a small town near Patna in Bihar, is also famous for its delicious motichoor laddus. It is a traditional gift at weddings, engagements and births.

Besan laddu: Besan (ground gram) ladoo is common in India. It is made from besan mixed with pieces of sugar. According to the Hindu mythology, it is associated with Lord Ganesha, whose favourite is besan laddu. It is often prepared during the festival of Diwali

Diwali

Diwali is a significant festival in Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism, and an official holiday in India. Adherents of these religions celebrate Diwali as the Festival of Lights....
. In hundreds of temples across Northern India, like the famous Hanuman Setu Mandir in Lucknow, it is offered to Lord Hanuman.

Aata (wheat-flour) laddu: Aata laddu is common across Uttar Pradesh, but is most popular in the western districts of the state. It is made by cooking aata with ghee in a kadhai (large, wide utensil) until it turns brown, adding boora (raw, natural sugar) and dry fuits (optional) like raisins, almonds, etc. A type of resin (gond) and sonth is added sometimes for the benefit of pregnant and lactating women.

Rava laddu: Rava laddu is a sweet dish prepared with rava, ghee and sugar. Dry grapes

Raisin

Raisins are Dried fruit grapes. They are created in many regions of the world, such as the United States, Australia, Chile, Argentina, Republic of Macedonia, Mexico, Greece, Turkey, India, Iran, Pakistan, China, Afghanistan, Togo, and Jamaica, as well as South Africa and Southern Europe and Eastern Europe....
and cashewnuts are added for exotic taste. Til laddu: It is made from sesame seeds. Til laddu is very popular in Assam

Assam

Assam ) is a North-East India state of India with its capital at Dispur, in the outskirts of the city Guwahati. Located south of the eastern Himalayas, Assam comprises the Brahmaputra and the Barak River river valleys and the Karbi Anglong District and the North Cachar Hills with an area of 30,285 square miles ....
, Orissa and West Bengal. Bandaru laddu: It is made in Machilipatnam

Machilipatnam

Machilipatnam is a city and a special grade municipality in the Krishna district, Andhra Pradesh, India. The town has existed since the 3rd century BCE when, according to Ptolemy, it was known as Maisolos....
, Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh , abbreviated A.P.,is a state situated on eastern coast of India. It is India's List of states of India by area and List of states of India by population....
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Kunja laddu: It is popular in parts of Tamil Nadu.

Churma Laddu: It is made from Wheat Flour, Ghee and Sugar. It is very popular in Rajasthan

Rajasthan

Rajasthan is the largest States and territories of India of the Republic of India in terms of area. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with Pakistan....
and Gujarat

Gujarat

Gujarat is a States and territories of India in western India. Gujarat borders Pakistan to the north west and the state of Rajasthan to the north and northeast, Madhya Pradesh to the east, Maharashtra and the Union territory of Diu, Daman District, India, Dadra and Nagar Haveli to the south....
. Generally made at the time of Ganesh Chaturthi

Ganesh Chaturthi

Ganesha Chaturthi or Ganesha Festival is a day on which Ganesha, the son of Shiva and Parvati, is believed to bestow his presence on earth for all his devotees....
. In Rajasthan it is a very popular sweet dish with baati

Baati

Baati is a hard, unleavened bread cooked in the desert areas of Rajasthan, Malwa, and Gujarat in North India. Baati is also a dish of Bihar. It is prized there for its long shelf life life and high nutritional content, as well as the minimal quantity of water required for its preparation....
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Cashewnut laddus:Is a delicacy of Goa

Goa

Goa is India's smallest states and territories of India in terms of area and the List of states and territories of India by population. Located on the west coast of India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western...
made of whole cashwnuts and sugar ,made specially for hindu weddings.

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How to make Laddu: http://www.indianfoodforever.com/desserts/boondi-ka-laddoo.html

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