Antina Unde | Gondh ka laddu

Antina Unde as colloquially called in Karnataka and Gondh ka Laddu in Northern parts of India is given to a lactating mother, usually after 30 days from the date of delivery.

The laddu is prepared using edible gum/gondh and dry fruits, which is nutritious, thus helping the lactating mother meet the daily nutritional requirements to some extent.

(Read : How to prepare Alvi Unde )

The laddu is also a healthy snack that satiates one's hunger.

Ingredients:-

1. Almonds - 1cup
2. Pista - 1 cup
3. Cashew nut - 1 cup
4. Dry Grapes/Raisins - 1/2 cup
5. Edible resin/gondh - 200gms
6. Dry dates chopped into small pieces - 1 cup
7. Ker beeja(din't find the english name for it)- 1 cup
8. Dry coconut - 1 cup
9. Ghas ghase - 50 gms
10.Jaggery - 3 cups
11.Ghee - 1/2 cup

(Read : Healthy Dry fruits laddu without sugar/jaggery)

Preparation method:-

Step 1 : Crush the edible gum/resin/gondh into small pieces(do not reduce it to a powdered form).

Step 2 : Pour ghee into a vessel, sufficient enough to fry the edible gum/gondh. Fry it, till it becomes slightly dark brown in color. Keep it aside and allow it to cool.

Step 3 : Cut all dry fruits into small pieces and fry it separately in a little amount of ghee. Alternately, you can use the whole dry fruits, fry it in ghee and then grind it to a powdered form. Usually, for lactating women, the powdered form is preferred for  it is easy to digest. Grapes shouldn't be fried. Dry dates must first be crushed with a mortar and pestle and then fried.

(Read : Healthy Almond date shake)

Step 4 : Grate the dry coconut and then fry it with a little ghee.

Step 5 : Mix all the above items

Step 6 : Heat the crushed jaggery in a low flame till it gets reduced to a syrup like consistency. Add a little bit of water, say 1/4 cup and keep stirring.

Step 7 : Turn off the stove, mix all the dry fruits mixture with the jaggery syrup and stir it thoroughly to ensure that the dry fruits gets mixed with jaggery.

Step 8 : Apply a little ghee to the palm and roll the mixture to a round shaped balls. The mixture must be rolled to a round ball when it is hot, once it cools down, it becomes hard..