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laddu, n.|ˈlʌduː|
Also laddoo, ladoo, ladu, etc. Pl. laddus.
[Hindi laḍḍū.]
A type of Indian sweetmeat, usu. made from a dough of flour, sugar, shortening, etc., which is fried and then shaped into balls; a ball of this. Cf. *jalebi n.
1868B. H. Powell Handbk. Econ. Products Punjab I. iii. 309/1 Laddú, of two kinds. 1873E. Balfour Cycl. India (ed. 2) III. 371/1 Laddu, Hind. A sweetmeat in balls. Laddu is of two kinds, one called, ‘bundi ka’, the other is ‘sada, plain, or maida ka’. 1954S. Chowdhary Indian Cooking 145 Laddoo Sūji, Semolina laddoo... For 12 to 14 laddoos. 1960R. P. Jhabvala Householder ii. 103 Indu..was just pushing the remnant of a crumbly ladoo into her mouth. 1971Illustr. Weekly India 25 Apr. 55/2 One was an enormous..creature, used to winning bets about who could eat the largest number of laddus or jallebis. 1975Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 11 May 4/2 LPC is mixed with maize, green gram (chick pea), jaggery (brown sugar), and peanuts to make laddu, which is formed into a soft, sweet ball. 1986S. Dutta tr. S. Gangopadhyay in Anand & Balurao Panorama 55, I too want some laddus like Sadhan dada. |