Aval pottukadalai urundai recipe a healthy and tasty ladoo you can try.I make this for the kids snackbox so thought to post it as Karthigai deepam is tomorrow.
This poha peanut ladoo is a kid friendly recipe, you can very well make it,store and then pack it for kids snackbox.
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Ingredients
- 1 cup thick poha(aval)
- 1/2 cup gram dal(pottukadalai)
- 1/2 cup peanut(kadalai)
- 1/8 cup + 1 tbsp ghee
- 1/2 cup sugar (I used brown sugar)
- 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
Instructions
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Heat a tbsp of ghee in a kadai, add poha roast until golden and crisp.Transfer to a plate and set aside.
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Add gram dal and roast until golden, set aside.Now add peanuts and roast it.I had deskinned peanuts so used it.Remove the center white part and discard it(this step is purely optional but I recommend if you are going to give this for kids), amma says its pitham not sure of what its called in english.
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Add poha to mixer jar first, grind it to a powder. transfer to a mixing bowl.Now add roasted gram dal.
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Add roasted peanuts and grind it to a powder.Now add cane sugar to it.
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Pulse it few times just for blending.Transfer to mixing bowl which already has poha mixture.Mix well.
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Heat 1/8 cup ghee and add raisins, let it bubble up.Add it to the mixing bowl, add cardamom powder.
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Mix well, take little mixture press and hold tight, shape them as ladoos.Shape them when its still warm so that it holds tight.
Recipe Notes
- I used brown sugar you can use normal white sugar or jaggery or even cane sugar.
- As we are adding as such make sure you use clean jaggery or cane sugar.
- Hold and press tight while shaping the ladoos so that it stays firm.
- It is mild sweet if you prefer you can increase sweetness.
- I used thick aval but you can use thin or even red aval.
How to make aval pottukadalai urundai recipe:
- Heat a tbsp of ghee in a kadai, add poha roast until golden and crisp.Transfer to a plate and set aside.
- Add gram dal and roast until golden, set aside.Now add peanuts and roast it.I had deskinned peanuts so used it.Remove the center white part and discard it(this step is purely optional but I recommend if you are going to give this for kids), amma says its pitham not sure of what its called in english.
- Add poha to mixer jar first, grind it to a powder. transfer to a mixing bowl.Now add roasted gram dal.
- Add roasted peanuts and grind it to a powder.Now add cane sugar to it.
- Pulse it few times just for blending.Transfer to mixing bowl which already has poha mixture.Mix well.
- Heat 1/8 cup ghee and add raisins, let it bubble up.Add it to the mixing bowl, add cardamom powder.
- Mix well, take little mixture press and hold tight, shape them as ladoos.Shape them when its still warm so that it holds tight.
Store in a clean dry container.
Yummy melt in the mouth ladoos ready.
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