laddu
English
Noun
laddu (plural laddus)
- A ball-shaped sweet made with flour and sugar, popular in the Indian subcontinent.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 107:
- His foster-mother Yashoda caught him stealing laddus.
- 2022 October 17, Priya Krishna, “It’s Not Diwali Without Mithai”, in The New York Times:
- Employees furiously pack ornate boxes containing laddoos enriched with ghee, spongy rasgula and all manner of colorful sweets, often made with dairy, sugar and nuts and sometimes topped with a layer of edible silver foil.
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