Churma Ladoo without frying are a great quick alternative to traditional Churma Ladoo. Churma Ladoo is a delicious Indian sweet seen in Gujarati and Rajasthani cuisine. These easy and healthy microwave ladoos are great for last-minute sweets.
Churma Ladoo Without Frying
These Churma Na Ladwa are a firm favourite in our house.
Churma Ladoo is usually made during Ganesh Chathurthi, Holi, or served in an authentic Gujarati Thali. For festivities, we like to use the traditional recipe for Churma Ladu.
However, sometime, my Mum would get a craving for churma na ladva and she would make these ladoos in the microwave. They would be ready to eat within 30 minutes. This recipe is in our family past 4 decades.
This particular recipe uses jaggery and sugar. Usually, traditional churma ladoo will be made with either sugar or jaggery.
Traditional Gujarati Churma Na Ladwa
If you have the time to make Churma Ladoo the proper way, it is well worth it investing your time in it! The flavour and texture of traditional Churma na Ladwa cannot be beaten!
For traditional versions, the recipe must be made in two steps. Firstly, you have to make dumplings that are deep-fried. The dumplings are then ground into a powder and mixed with sugar, ghee, nuts and aromatic spices.
Here are our two variations which we love, love, love!
Both are authentic Gujarati recipes.
How to shape Churma Ladoo / Ladoo Mould
Shaping the ladoos can be tricky. The original shape of Churma Ladoos is round however you can experiment with other beautiful designs!
To make life easier, you can use a ladoo mould. These moulds are easy to find in Indian stores in the UK. We bought ours from Wembley in Greater London.
Moulds come in different shapes and colours and you could choose which you like the best. I would say, for churma use a mould that isn’t too complicated as the mixture may stick.
For ease, apply a thin layer of melted ghee in the mould so the ladoo will slip out easily.
Also, make a tight ball of ladoo mixture before adding it to the mould so it can hold its shape even more.
Ingredients for Churma Ladoo No Frying:
Ingredients are slightly different from traditional churma ladwa as the method of cooking is different.
Full ingredients list found in the recipe card below.
Bhakri Flour or Atta – use chapatti atta. You can use medium or wholemeal depending on your taste preference and availability.
Gram Flour – use fine variety gram flour. The original recipe calls for fine gram flour so use this rather than coarse gram flour which will not work as well.
Semolina – you can use fine or coarse here. Use fine if possible if your wheat flour is coarse.
Jaggery – the jaggery, or gor/gur is helpful to bind the ladwa together as we are making it in the microwave
Caster sugar – use caster sugar for sweetness. Either buy caster sugar or alternatively, grind granulated sugar in a grinder.
Oil – flavourless oil is important here, so do not use oil such as olive or mustard.
Melted Ghee – we like to use homemade ghee
Kesar-Badam Masala – homemade almond and saffron masala is always ready-made in our home and kept in the fridge ready to use at any time.
White Poppy Seeds – also known as khus-khus. They give a wonderful texture when they coat the ladoos.
Milk – use whole milk for richness
What to serve with Churma Ladoo No Frying
You can serve Churma Ladoo at different points throughout the day.
Serve at breakfast with milk.
With a Gujarati thali complete with traditional Gujarati tuar daal, Gujarati bateta nu saak, Masala Fulwadi and Poori
In a Rajsthani thali with daal and baati
Or … on its own!
Equipment
1. Microwave
2. Microwave – proof bowl
3. Microwave – proof lid
4. Spatula
5. Ladwa mould – optional
How to make Churma Ladoo in the microwave
Easy and quick!
1. First place both flours and semolina in a microwave-proof bowl.
2. Then add milk, oil and ghee.
Air Fried Churma Ladoo
Bhakri Ladoo or Bhakri Churma Ladva
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CHURMA LADOO NO FRYING (CHURMA LADOO WITHOUT FRYING)
Equipment
- Big bowl
- Microwave
- Ladoo mould
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup whole wheat flour Roti aata - 180-185g
- 1 cup semolina 170g
- ½ cup gram flour besan (75g)
- ¾ cup jaggery grated 120g
- ¼ cup sugar caster 100g
- ½ cup oil neutral 125ml
- ½ cup ghee melted 125ml+ 2-3 tbsp
- 2 tbsp Almond saffron masala
- 2 tbsp poppy seeds white (khus Khus)
- 1 cup whole milk 250ml
Instructions
- Place chapati, gram flour and semolina in a microwave-proof bowl.1 1/2 cup whole wheat flour, 1 cup semolina, 1/2 cup gram flour
- Add milk, oil and ghee, mix very well. (leave 2-3 tbsp. ghee for later use)1/2 cup oil, 1 cup whole milk, 1/2 cup ghee
- Cover the bowl with a lid and put in the M/W.
- Set M/W for 7 minutes on High ( our shows 100 )
- Cook ladoo mixture for 7 minutes, keep stir in between every minute.
- Now add grated jaggery mix well and cook for another minute.3/4 cup jaggery
- Add caster sugar, almond masala and 1 tbsp ghee at a time. If needed add more.1/4 cup sugar, 2 tbsp Almond saffron masala
- Mix very well, take a little amount of cooked ladoo mixture and make a ball.
- Or make using a ladoo mould.
- Roll ladoo in khus khus.2 tbsp poppy seeds
- Serve.
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Nutrition
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Srividhya G
Thursday 24th of August 2017
Amazing... yummy sweet within 10 minutes? That's so awesome.
jayashree
Thursday 24th of August 2017
Nice ladoos, perfectly made. Liked that you tried in microwave.
Soniya saluja
Thursday 24th of August 2017
Love this version of loddoos!! So yummy and Delish!
Unknown
Thursday 24th of August 2017
Really love these ladoos :) can we skip sugar and add all jaggery instead?
jcookingodyssey
Thursday 24th of August 2017
yes, you can :)
Lathiya
Wednesday 23rd of August 2017
Delicious Ladoos..Chapathi flour is wheat flour?
jcookingodyssey
Wednesday 23rd of August 2017
yes