Healthy Oats Ladoo (Oil- Free)

Ingredients:

• Oats:  1 cup
• Sugar: 1/4 cup (You can add upto 1/2 cup if you are sweet tooth)
• Besan: 1 tbsp
• Walnuts/ Almonds (chopped)
• Cardamom pods: 3-4
• Warm milk: 4-5 tbsp or as required

Method:

1. Dry roast oats and besan on low flame till light brown. It takes approx 2-3 mins.
2. Allow it to cool.
3. Now grind oats, sugar, besan, cardamom pods to form a fine powder.
4. Take the oats powder in flat pan.
5. Add chopped nuts and with spoon, slowly add milk while mixing it with hand.
6. Make small ladoos. (You can add a little more milk if the mixture is still dry)
7. Ready to serve.

PS:

• You can use ghee (1/4 cup) instead of milk. For that, slightly warm the ghee and add ground oats powder and nuts. Mix well and form ladoos.
• You can also add dessicated coconut along with nuts (in step 5 above) 
• These ladoos can stay upto a week if refrigerated and stored in air tight container.