Here is the easy recipe for healthy and nutritious sesame seeds laddu/sesame seeds jaggery balls popularly known as til ladoo in Hindi and ellu urundai in Tamil.
Heat a pan when it is hot, and add the white sesame seeds.
Roast over medium-low heat until it .turn light brown and starts to pop. Transfer it to a plate and let it cool.
Add the black sesame seeds to the same pan and roast over medium-low heat until it starts to pop. Transfer it to a plate and let it cool.
Next, add the peanuts to the same pan.
Roast until it gets light brown spots, transfer it to a plate, and let it cool.
Now, add the pumpkin seeds to the same pan and roast them till it becomes light brown.
Let the nuts and seeds cool before pulsing.
First, add the roasted peanuts to the food processor and pulse them twice or thrice. Next, add the sesame, white and black, and the sunflower seeds and pulse them 5 to 6 times. Do not blend them in one go.
Now add the jaggery and the ground cardamom. And pulse again till the jaggery blends in well.
Transfer this to a plate and add the ghee. Mix well and separate the lumps if there are lumps or the mix is clumped together.
Take a small amount of the ground mix, and shape it into a small round ball. The natural oil from the seeds and nuts will help you bind the laddus. If the mixture is dry, add 1 tbsp of ghee and make the laddus.
Similarly, make the sesame seeds laddu with the remaining mix.
Notes
As we are not making jaggery syrup and adding jaggery directly, make sure to use good quality jaggery without any impurities.
Instead of ground cardamom, you can use green cardamom pods. Roast them along with white sesame seeds or black sesame seeds and pulse them along with them.
Make sure to use unsalted peanuts and pumpkin seeds.