Laddu
A laddu is a traditional Indian dessert in a spherical shape. They can consist of different ingredients, such as into butter roasted chickpea flour and sesame seeds , almonds , pine nuts and spices . Small balls are also formed from cut dried fruit mixed with different types of sugar.
One of the attributes of Ganesha is a bowl with laddus, which here has not only mythological, but also complex spiritual and esoteric meaning.
The dessert got some international popularity through the Indian film English for Beginners (2012, original title: English Vinglish), in which the leading actress emancipated herself for the first time through the regional distribution of her particularly tasty Laddus.
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