Broken Wheat Flax Seed Laddo

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Ingredients

Ingredients	Quantity
Broken wheat	½ cup
Whole-wheat flour	½ cup
Flax seeds	3 tablespoon
Ghee	5 teaspoon
Grated jaggery	1/4 cup
Finely chopped nuts like almonds and pista	3 teaspoon
Cardamom powder	¼ teaspoon
Nutmeg powder	¼ teaspoon

Clean, wash and soak broken wheat for 4-5 hours.
Roast flax seeds on a low heat for 5-6 minutes or till you hear crackling sound. Let it cool and then grind it in to coarse powder.
Dry roast whole-wheat flour without any ghee on a low heat for 8-10 minutes or till golden brown Keep it aside.
Use a sieve to drain all the water from the broken wheat.
Heat ghee in a heavy-bottomed pan (keep 2 teaspoon aside to use later). Now add the broken wheat, roast them on a very low flame.
Keep stirring and let all the moisture dry up, and roast till the wheat turns light brown colour (It can take up to 20-25 minutes). Once done, transfer it into another bowl
Now in another pan heat 2 teaspoon ghee and add grated jaggery. Let jaggery melt, keep on a low flame till it attains a syrupy consistency with froth on top. Turn off the flame.
Mix the syrup, flax seed powder and roasted broken wheat together (be careful with the hot syrup). Then add chopped nuts, cardamom powder and nutmeg powder.
Now add ¾ of roasted whole-wheat flour, mix well with a wooden spoon.
Take a spoonful of mixture and use your palms to roll them into balls (size of small lemon). Add more flour if it is too wet.
Repeat the same with the remaining mixture. Let it rest. Once it is cool, store in air tight container.