A popular South Asian sweet.

A kind of sweetmeat made of coarsely ground gram or other pulse or of corn flour, mixed with sugar and spices, and fried in ghee or oil (Monier-Williams).

A round sweet ball. The Tantra of Great Gaṇapati describes a laḍḍu as a type of food containing the three sweets and the three fruits that is sprinkled with a delicious fragrance, rolled into a ball, and boiled in milk and butter.