Rashi Laddu or Sesame seeds Ladu is one of the 56 BhogA item of Lord Jagannath.
Ingredients list:
White or brown Sesame seeds 1 Cup
Jaggery 1 cup
Wheat flour 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup
Clarified butter 1/2 cup
Cardamom powder 1 tsp
Cloves Powder 1/2 tsp
Recipe Steps:
Place a kadhai on a medium flam and add ghee or clarified butter. Let it melt.
Add Sesame seeds in it and roast them well till it changes its color to ligfht golden. This will take around 5 minutes in a low to medion flame.
To this add Jaggery Powder along with 1/3 cup of water, Cardamom and cloves powder and finally the wheat flour.
Mix it nicely in a spatula from all corners till the water is soaked and all the jaggery is nicely coated with sesame seeds. It should become like a dough and slowly will leave the corners of the pan.
Switch of the heat and try to make small laddus out of it till the mixture is warm.
Add little ghee or water in your hand to make small laddus smoothly.
Sesame seed Laddu is ready for offering to Lord Jagannath
in stead of wheat flour you can add little milk powder also to help in binding the dough.
Occasionally the three different color of sesame seeds can be used to have a different look. This is usually offered during the winter season and Makar Sankranti time.