Maa Ladoo - Pottukadalai Urundai

Maa ladoo is a very healthy and easy to prepare sweet. This is very good for growing kids as it contains pottukadalai(roasted gram). This is an easy to prepare sweet for any festivals or even for a quick evening snack.

Maa Ladoo Recipe

Makes :  20 small ladoos or 15 medium sized ladoos

Ingredients

• Roasted gram (pottukadalai)  -  1 cup
• Sugar  -  3/4 cup
• Melted ghee  -  1/4 cup
• Cashews  -  10 to 12
• Cardamom  -  1 or 2 

Method

1. Dry roast pottukadalai in a pan till a nice aroma comes. Do not over roast it.
2. Powder pottukadalai in the mixie to a fine powder.
3. Powder sugar along with cardamom to a fine powder.
4. Add little ghee in a pan and fry cashews in it till golden brown.
5. In a wide bowl, add the powdered pottukadalai, powdered sugar + cardamom and the fried cashews.
6. Heat the remaining ghee and add it to the mixture in the bowl.
7. Mix well with a ladle and when it is hand bearable to touch, make ladoos out of it.

Notes

• Dry roasting pottukadalai gives a nice flavor to the ladoo.
• Make ladoos when the mixture is still warm. Otherwise shaping will be difficult.
• 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. 
• This ladoo stays well for upto 10 days.