Date Truffles (Madgooga) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups pitted dates, hard type
1/2 cup sesame paste
1/2 teaspoon ground cardamom
coating
plain cocoa powder
icing sugar
ground coffee, not espresso
sesame seeds
shredded coconut
ground nuts (pistachio, walnuts, hazelnuts, cashew nut, peanuts and almonds)
whole anise seed
ground cinnamon
sugar candy sprinkles
chopped Oreo cookies

Preparation

Put all ingredients in a bowl.
Grind the mixture with meat grinder finely.
Shape the dates into small balls 2 cm in diameter with slightly oiled hand with vegetable oil (I like to shape them roughly so they are not so perfect balls).
Roll the truffles in your selected coating and place on parchment paper or tray.
Put the truffles in small decorative paper cups and arrange them in the serving plate.
If you bought dates that are already ground and pitted, you don't need to grind them in the meat grinder, simply knead ingredients together by hand or you can grind it again by the meat grinder.