Dates Burfi with Nuts (Khajoor Ladoo)

Today I am going to write about a recipe which I learned from my friend and colleague Leena. This is a sweet made with Dates/Khajoor and nuts.





Information about Dates:

Dates are very nutritious. Dates are loaded with the energy you need every day – to win a marathon race or get you through a tough day. With only 24 calories per date (248 per 100 gram serving), dates are high in dietary fiber, low in fat, cholesterol, and sodium, and contain more potassium than bananas! Very few other fruits offer this healthful combination. Dates also helps to build the body and reduces alcohol intoxication. It is usually taken raw or with milk. It is a good source of calcium and iron and sugars. More nutritious values can be found here.


Now coming to the recipe, this recipe has lots of nuts. I used almonds,walnuts, pistachios, pecans. I was surprised to know that it is very easy to make. It just took me 20 mts to make this recipe. So try this delicious and nutritious sweet.



Ingredients:

1 cup of chopped dates
1/2 cup of chopped nuts( You can use any nuts of your choice. I used almonds, pistachios, walnuts and pecans)
1tbsp of ghee




Preparation:

1. Heat a tbsp of ghee in a pan and add chopped nuts. Once the nuts turn into golden color, remove it from the pan and keep it aside.


2. In the same pan add the chopped dates on medium heat. Once the dates starts melting add the roasted nuts. (Note: Dates takes very less time to melt. )

3. Mix the nuts with melted date mixture and remove it from heat.




4. When the mixture is still warm grease your hands with ghee or oil and roll into small balls or burfi shape. I made few as laddos/balls and few as burfi.

(For burfi shape roll the mixture into rectangular shape and cut into pieces of desired size)





Sunshinemom from Tongue Ticklers returned the bear hug to me. Thanks Sunshinemom.




Once again I got the Yummy Blog award from JZ of Tasty Treats. Thanks JZ.



I am passing these two awards to

Kalai of Samaithu Paarkalaam
Bhags of Crazy Curry
Rekha of Plantain Leaf
Raaga of Singing Chef

Enjoy the awards girls.


34 comments:

  1. once again yummy blog award thanks alot sailaja

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  2. sailaja date ladoo mmm looks yummy and that vankaya menthi karam amma gurtu ki vachindi wow what arecipe

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  3. I just bought a packet of Dates, will try this. Looks great!
    Enjoy your award sweetie!:))

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  4. beautiful dish! So simple too...

    Congrats and Enjoy on all your awards!!

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  5. What a great use of dates! Congratulations on the awards and thanks so much for passing them on to me. That bear hug sure felt good!! So sweet of you to think of me :)

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  6. wow, this sounds delicious and easy too!!! mouth-watering ladoos...can i have some? :-(

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  7. Raga,Rekha, Kalai

    Thanks for your comments and enjoy the awards.

    Asha,

    Thanks Asha .You really make me feel good with your lovely comments.

    Sujatha,
    Thanks for your comments. Yes it is very simple.Even I was suprised when I learned from my friend.


    JZ,

    You are most welcome to my place.
    I have kept the ladoos for you.

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  8. Rekha,

    Yea Vankaya menthi karam ante amma tappa evaru gurtuku raru. They cook great. Valla Chetilo Amrutham undi........

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  9. Very nice recipe, ladoo looks great, yummy yummy!!!!

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  10. nice thing i liked this time is teling abt the DATES first.....awesome....keep cooking

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  11. Delicious. Will be trying this one over this lng wknd!

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  12. Love it.Thanks for the step by step pic.s.Had tagged you for mem, come and check it

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  13. yummy sweet...and there yum yum award waiting for u in blog plz come down and collect..it,..

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  14. Thanks everyone for your nice comments.

    Thanks Maheswari for passing award to me.

    Thanks Notyet100 for thinking of me and passing the award.

    I am really flattered girls.

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  15. congrats on the awards .. amazing sweet dish

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  16. Thanks for the award, Sailu! Its your time to get an award.

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  17. Hi Sailaja, absolutely mouthwatering laddoos! and congrats on all the awards :)

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  18. Sailaja, you have a great blog and mouthwatering recipes. This date burfi sounds new, but I'm sure it'll taste yummy:)

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  19. Hi Everyone,

    Thanks for the lovely comments.
    -Sailaja

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  20. Sailaja, I've something for you in my blog.Cheers!

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  21. how simple yet delicious... my mom makes something similar to this and i guess i should post the recipe soon.

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  22. Wow...That looks so delicious...And thank u so much for dropping by

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  23. Thanks Indiranee for thinking about me, will mention in my next post

    Thanks Sia & Ramya for your lovely comments

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  24. Tried the dates burfi and it was so gud...thanks for sharing the recipe...have a award for your in my blog

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  25. Sailaja-

    the dates burfi looks so rich and tempting.

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  26. Priti,

    Good to know that date burfi came out good.Thanks for passing the award to me.

    Thanks mitr

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  27. Luv anything with dates..looks super yum nice idea

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  28. looks simple. i want to try out..i love dates. should we not add sugar?

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  29. Wonderful Recipes Sailaja! I have eaten walnut and dates baurfi many times at a friends. It is delicious as well as healthy... Great!!!

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  30. How to store this? In fridge or outside? Within how many days to be consumed? How many days it remain good ???

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  31. Hi Prajakta, Since these are cooked you can leave it in room temperature. It will stay for a week to 10 days.

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  32. Thank you for discussing this very useful article. I heard something new from you. Keep blogging. Date Sugar

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