Aval ladoo - Poha ladoo

Aval/poha ladoo is a very healthy and easy to prepare sweet. This looks similar to rava ladoo except that it has the flavours of aval. This is a quick neivedhyam dish which can be prepared for gokulashtami/krishna jayanthi.

Aval Ladoo Recipe

Makes  -   15 ladoos

Ingredients

• Aval/poha (any variety)  -  1 cup
• Sugar  -  1/2 cup
• Melted ghee  -  1/4 cup
• Cashews  -  few
• Cardamom  -  1 or 2 bits

Method

1. Remove impurities in aval if any.
2. Dry roast aval in a pan till it turns slightly golden brown in color. Do not over roast it.
3. Powder the roasted poha in the mixie to a fine powder.
4. Powder sugar along with cardamom to a fine powder.
5. Add little ghee in a pan and fry cashews in it till golden brown.
6. In a wide bowl, add the powdered poha, powdered sugar + cardamom and the fried cashews.
7. Heat the remaining ghee and add it to the mixture in the bowl.
8. Mix well with a ladle and when it is hand bearable to touch, make ladoos out of it. Make ladoos when the mixture is still warm. Otherwise shaping will be difficult.
9. This ladoo stays well for at least a week.

Notes

• Add ghee little by little so that the required amount for shaping ladoos is known.
• If in case the ghee added is more, it will be difficult to make ladoos. In such cases, keep the powdered mixture in fridge for 5 to 10 minutes and then shape them. 
• Raisins can also be fried with cashews and added to the ladoo.