Maladu / Maa ladoo is an easiest, simplest and quick to make, healthy sweet made with pottukadalai (roasted gram). Ladoo courtesy: My sister Radha. The ladoos in the picture were made by my sister.
INGREDIENTS:
INGREDIENTS:
Pottukadalai (Roasted gram) - 2 cups
Sugar - 1 and 1/2 cups OR Boora sugar - 1 and 1/2 cups.
Cashews - 10
Ghee - 3/4 cup
Powdered cardamom - 1/2 tsp.
METHOD:
Heat a pan and dry roast pottukadalai until hot. Pound it to a fine powder. Powder the sugar finely using a mixie. OR you can also use the boora chakkarai (boora sugar) which will be available in the stores.
Break cashews into small pieces and fry it in a spoon of ghee until golden brown. Keep aside.
Melt ghee in the same pan. This should be warm while shaping the balls.
Mix together powdered pottukadalai, powdered sugar, cardamom powder and ghee-fried cashews. Add the melted ghee little by little and shape into balls. (DO NOT POUR IN THE ENTIRE GHEE. POUR A LADLE OF GHEE AND SHAPE FOUR OR FIVE BALLS) Repeat the procedure for the entire mixture. Shape all the balls tightly.
NOTE: Little milk can be sprinkled if felt difficult to shape.
Sugar - 1 and 1/2 cups OR Boora sugar - 1 and 1/2 cups.
Cashews - 10
Ghee - 3/4 cup
Powdered cardamom - 1/2 tsp.
METHOD:
Heat a pan and dry roast pottukadalai until hot. Pound it to a fine powder. Powder the sugar finely using a mixie. OR you can also use the boora chakkarai (boora sugar) which will be available in the stores.
Break cashews into small pieces and fry it in a spoon of ghee until golden brown. Keep aside.
Melt ghee in the same pan. This should be warm while shaping the balls.
Mix together powdered pottukadalai, powdered sugar, cardamom powder and ghee-fried cashews. Add the melted ghee little by little and shape into balls. (DO NOT POUR IN THE ENTIRE GHEE. POUR A LADLE OF GHEE AND SHAPE FOUR OR FIVE BALLS) Repeat the procedure for the entire mixture. Shape all the balls tightly.
NOTE: Little milk can be sprinkled if felt difficult to shape.
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