Oats laddu recipe – Oats ladoo is one of the easy Indian sweets recipes that I love to prepare at home often. It can be prepared with sugar or jaggery and not much of ghee is needed and it is optional. They are non-sticky while you hold on and slightly chewy and taste good. They can be made absolutely fat free or vegan by eliminating the ghee. I had posted an oats burfi recipe last Diwali, so this time thought of sharing this laddu recipe too.
This recipe is a no fail one and needs no string consistency, while the burfi can become powdery or may not set well, if one goes wrong with the string consistency. Do try this healthy Easy Diwali Sweet Recipe. I have used organic brown sugar cubes this time; you can use white sugar or brown sugar or even jaggery.
You can also check this Oats sesame ladoo and Oats dry fruits ladoo for variations. You can also check this collection of 31 ladoo recipes.
Oats laddu or oats ladoo recipe below
Oats laddu recipe | Oats ladoo recipe with jaggery | Healthy sweet recipe
For best results follow the step-by-step photos above the recipe card
Ingredients (1 cup = 240ml )
- 1 cup jaggery or 200 grams grated or sugar (can reduce a bit)
- 1 cup rolled oats or 100 grams
- 1 cup coconut heaped or 150 grams grated fresh or frozen coconut
- ¼ tsp green cardamom powder
- 1 tbsp water
- 1 tsp ghee /coconut oil / vegetable oil or butter +for greasing the palms
- Ghee roasted Nuts and raisins as needed
Instructions
- Heat a heavy bottom pan and dry roast oats till they smell good. Cool this completely, powder in a dry blender to suit your taste coarsely or finely and keep aside.
- To the same pan, add jaggery, water and coconut. Stir and cook till the jaggery or sugar melts off. Add cardamom powder, cook stirring constantly, till you see strings in the mixture.
- Time to add the powdered oats. Stir well. Switch off the stove. Stir in the ghee, nuts and raisins.
- Let the temperature come down, roll small portions to balls with greased palms.
Alternative quantities provided in the recipe card are for 1x only, original recipe.
For best results follow my detailed step-by-step photo instructions and tips above the recipe card.
NUTRITION INFO (estimation only)
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Oats laddu with step by step pictures
1. Dry roast oats in a heavy bottom pan till you get a nice aroma. Do not discolor them. Set this aside to cool
2. Powder this coarsely in a mixer. Set aside.
3. Add 1 tbsp. water, coconut and sugar, mix and begin to cook.
4. After a while, the coconut will begin to release moisture. Add green cardamom powder.
5. Continue to cook till all the water evaporates. You can even see tiny sugar strings in the mix.
6. Add the oats powder, mix well and off the heat. Do not continue to cook else the mix will become dry and may not bind together to make balls.
7. Add the raisins, nuts and ghee. Mix well.
8. Transfer this to a plate and let it cool for around 5 mins, grease your palms and take small portions of this mix and roll to balls
Arushi says
The recipe did not work. I had to throw it
In trash
swasthi says
The only reason can be overcooking the mixture. You don’t need to throw it. Just blend it well and sprinkle some milk. Bind to ladoos
usha says
I tried it…. the taste was very good…but the mixture turned out hard… how to bind it then
swasthi says
You overcooked the mixture so it turned out hard. Add it to a blender and grind. The mixture should come together.
Zainab says
HI Swasti,
Will dessicated coconut work in this recipe.
Zainab
swasthi says
Hi Zainab,
Soak it in little hot water for a while. It should work.
Sravya says
Hi Swathi,
The recipe was easy but my ladoos turned out very hard, I’m not sure what went wrong ? I wonder if you can help ?
Thanks
swasthi says
Hi Sravya
What kind of jaggery did you use here? I have tested this recipe only with traditional ball jaggery. It is grated and used here. If you have used store bought jaggery powder you may need to use more. The other reason can be overcooking coconut and jaggery mixture.
Bhagya says
Thanks mam ur recipies are too good and healthy too
swasthi says
Welcome Bhagya
Sunitha says
Hi swasthi,
I tried this recipe today and it was fabulous…..thanks for the great recipe…my family loved them…:)
swasthi says
Hi Sunitha
Glad to know! Thank you
Rujuta says
Hi Swasthi,
Was wondering if I could use Stevia powder in place of sugar/ jaggery. if yes, how can I use it as it says on the container that I can’t heat it? Could you help?
swasthi says
Hi Rujuta,
I don’t think this will work without jaggery as it is the only ingredient that binds oats and coconut.
Dewinder kaur says
Healthy recipes r beneficial for our health I want to learn more healthy recipes
Apurva Kapoor says
Hi,
I wanted to know, if these laddoos can be stored or to be consumed immediately? If stored, outside or best to refridgerate?
swasthi says
Hi Apurva
These oats ladoos will keep good without refrigeration for about 4 to 5 days. If refrigerated then they will be good for 2 weeks.
Rama says
Mam thanks for all the receipes i prepare kazzikayalu,so nice mam can u plz post the kobbri boorelu
swasthi says
welcome Rama
Thanks for trying
Yes I will share kobbari boorelu for next festival
Mrinal says
Hi dear.
I made this reciepe today..much to my dismay it was a disaster.the jaggery had hardened …i switched off the gas when the jaggery was still sticky and watery as i felt it took quiet some time. The end ladoos were rock hard.pls help
swasthi says
Hi Mrinal,
The only reason for jaggery to harden is over cooking it. You mentioned that the mixture was watery still, then how did it turn hard? Just wondering. It could be the quality of jaggery. Some variety jaggery crystalizes due to over processing or the addition of sugar in them. To fix this, you may try sprinkling some hot water and break up the ladoos. Cook until warm and roll to balls.. Hope this helps
Mrinal says
Thanks swasthi for the prompt relpy.yes i do think its the quality of jaggery.even boiling water has not softened the ladoos 🙁
Pls suggest attributes of good jaggery. The jaggery i purchased was swad brand..extremely popular brand in mumbai and thane.
swasthi says
swad jaggery i have seen online is not pure. It is labelled as brown sugar jaggery. Always choose jaggery that is dark in color much darker than the one I used in this post. Upon boiling or cooking, jaggery never crystalizes. Hope this helps
Mrinal says
Tthanks swasthi
Faridha says
How to clean the impurities from the grated jaggery ? In some of the sweets ,we are adding it directly to the blender to make powdered form. In case we are making the syrup of it, we will sieve to remove the dirt.
swasthi says
Hi Faridha
Once we melt and sieve it, we have to bring it to 1 string consistency and then add the rest of the ingredients. It is a lot of work. The shelf life of such sweets is less and must be refrigerated. I take little more pain in searching for a good quality jaggery in the market. Sometimes after i buy when i come back home and check if it is not clean, then i keep them for payasam etc. Then again buy new pack.for ladoos.
one way is to just hand pick the debris while grating. I use a fine grater to grate, this method helps. You try that, it may work out for you too. Thanks for rating the recipe
Bhagyalakshmi says
I happen to try this as I wanted to do something very unique, it turned out to be big hit. Everyone at home liked it.
swasthi says
Thanks Bhagyalakshmi
Glad you all liked it
bhavya says
fyi…tried them today with the addition of chopped walnuts and flax seed powder for extra nutrition, turned out awesome! wanted to know if i can put them in the fridge o do i leave them outside? with fresh coconut in them, will they keep ok outside?
swasthi says
Hi Bhavya,
i store them in the fridge, they might go bad.
Thanks for your time to share your healthy tips with us. I will try using flax seed powder next time.
🙂
bhavya says
can this be made with quick oats? i’m having difficulty finding rolled oats in india…
swasthi says
yes you can use quick oats too
Kishor Kumar says
just now I tried.. oats laddu was very tasty n yummy.. ate 6ladoos.. shall I use condensed milk in this?
swasthi says
Hello Kishor,
Iam glad you liked them.I think using condensed milk will make the ladoos sticky. Oats are sticky by nature, may be you can try in small quantity, by skipping off sugar.Do share with us how they turned out, if you try. Thanks for your time to comment back here.
🙂
Jean says
This looks great but I can’t get fresh or frozen coconut. Can you make it with dried coconut?
swasthi says
Hi Jean,
Thanks for the Visit. With dried coconut, you might need to use bit more water,use 3 tbsp.water. Since fresh coconut releases more moisture just a tbsp. was sufficient. Hope this helps.
🙂
Jean says
Great – thanks! I also tried soaking the dried coconut in some warm water first and that worked fine too. Also added more cardamom – very yummy!
swasthi says
Hi Jean,
Iam glad you liked it. That was a good idea of soaking the dried coconut. Thanks for sharing the tip.
🙂
rekha says
I tried this recepie and it came out well.. thnxx u
swasthi says
Hi Rekha, Iam glad it turned out well.
🙂
Manjula Bharath says
very very healthy and delicious ladoos there 🙂 looks so yummy !!
Poornima Molri says
they look so yummmm… and adding oats gives you licence to eat laddoos without guilt 🙂
Smitha Kalluraya says
Wow Oats laddoo!! they look tempting , would luv to try them …