Banana Ladoo | Energy Balls | Healthy Snack Recipe | with step by step photos and video. A healthy snack recipe using overripe bananas. Filled with nutrients and high in protein these energy bites are a must make sweet treat snack.
A quick, healthy and yummy snack that tastes like dessert. You can use any variety of bananas fro this recipe. But do prefer overripe bananas.
What is an energy ball?
Energy balls go by a variety of names like protein balls, energy bites and power balls. Basically, they are all the same thing. A snack formed in the shape of small ball, typically, made with oats, a nut butter, a sweetener of some sort and then any other add in’s.
Are energy balls actually healthy for you?
It depends on what’s in it. A lot of recipes out there are loaded with fats and sugars. You really need to keep an eye out on the ingredients. Overall, if your energy bite has real ingredients and not loaded with sugar or chocolate they are great. Here, we consider using jaggery instead of sugar for the sweetness.
How to make banana ladoo or energy balls?
Banana Ladoo | Energy Balls | Healthy Snack Recipe | with step by step photos and video. A deliciously sweet yet healthy snack. They’re filled with nutritious, good-for-you ingredients and are easy to throw together. Do not throw away overripe bananas. Make this yummy snack recipe and see how much you are going to enjoy this.
We would like to give you some important tips and suggestions for making this healthy snack recipe. Firstly, use overripe bananas. Secondly, for the sweetness part use jaggery instead of chocolate or sugar.
Furthermore, I would like to highlight some of our trending recipes using banana. Hope you would enjoy them.
Banana Ladoo | Energy Balls
Course: SnacksCuisine: IndianDifficulty: Easy
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20
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Banana Ladoo | Energy Balls | Healthy Snack Recipe | with step by step photos and video. A healthy snack recipe using overripe bananas.
Recipe Video
Ingredients
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1 glass Matta Rice or Red Rice
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3 Cardamoms
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1/2 tsp Cumin Seeds
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4 Bananas (overripe)
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1 tsp Ghee/Butter
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10 tbsp Jaggery Grated or as required
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1/4 tsp Dry Ginger Powder (optional)
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2 pinches of Salt
Directions
- Firstly, take a glass of matta rice and wash it twice or thrice using water.
- Keep it aside and allow it to drain off the water for 30 minutes.
- Now we are going to roast the drained rice. For that heat a pan and add the drained rice.
- Roast the rice over a medium-high flame with continuous stirring until the rice turns its color.
- At this stage, turn the flame to low and add 3 cardamoms, and 1/2 tsp cumin seeds.
- Roast them again for 30 seconds and switch off the flame. Transfer it to another plate and allow it to cool down completely.
- Once cooled transfer to a mixie jar and grind to a fine powder. Transfer to another bowl and keep aside.
- Now, heat 1 tsp ghee in a pan.
- Chop the bananas and add them to the hot pan. Mash the bananas using the ladle and mix them.
- Once the heat starts to get in the bananas it will start to loosen. Saute for 7 to 8 minutes until the banana thickens as shown.
- Now add 1/2 cup of grated jaggery and mix well. (Amount of jaggery depends on your sweet taste.)
- Then add 2 pinches of salt and 1/4 tsp dry ginger powder. Mix them and lower the flame.
- Start adding the ground rice powder little by little. I added nearly, 1/2 of the ground rice powder.
- Mix it and switch off the flame.Transfer it to bowl. Once it is slightly cooled, start kneading and see if the dough is sticky. If so, add some more rice powder and mix them until it turns non-sticky. Non-sticky dough is ready.
- Pinch small amount of dough and roll them to small sized balls.
- Coat it with rice powder and serve them.
- Delicious banana balls are ready.
Notes
- Use overripe bananas.
- Use jaggery based on your sweetness taste. It depends on the quality of jaggery you using.
