Aval Pottukadalai Urundai is a mild sweet snack made by blending powdered aval & pottukadalai with ghee and shaped into ladoos. Aval Pottukadalai Urundai is simple & quick to make for evening tea time and a good choice for snack box to school and office.
Aval Pottukadalai Urundai is a healthy and tasty ladoo you can try for Karthigai Deepam.
Generally we make appam and pori urundai for Karthigai Deepam. But this year wanted to try something new so tried this aval pottukadalai urundai. I made this for the kids snackbox so thought to post it as Karthigai deepam is tomorrow. All will like this especially kids.
This ladoo has no consistency checks so its easy to try even for beginners.
About Aval Pottukadalai Urundai
First dry roast poha, fried gram dal and peanuts in ghee one by one. Cool down then powder it fine. Add sugar and blend well, then add ghee fried cashews and raisins. Mix well and shape them as ladoos.
Variations
- You can add white sugar replacing brown sugar.
- In addition add almonds,pistachios along with cashews.
- You can use thick or thin aval.
- I used white aval you can use red poha too.
Storing and Serving Suggestions
- Serve aval pottukadalai urundai as a snack or pack it for kids snackbox.
- It stays good for a week in room temperature itself.
- Store in a clean dry airtight container for later consumption.
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Aval Pottukadalai Urundai | Poha Fried Gram Ladoo
Ingredients
- 1 cup thick poha / aval
- 1/2 cup gram dal / pottukadalai
- 1/2 cup peanut / kadalai
- 1/8 cup + 1 tablespoon ghee
- 1/2 cup sugar I used brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
Instructions
- Heat a tablespoon 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.
- 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. Enjoy Aval Pottukadalai Urundai!
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
- First heat a tablespoon 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. Cool down a bit then 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. The aroma was so tempting that I couldne wait for the aval pottukadalai urundai to get ready.
- After that mix well, take little mixture press and hold tight, shape them as ladoos. Finally shape them when its still warm so that it holds tight. Likewise repeat to finish. Aval pottukadalai urundai ready!
So to summarize, compared to other recipes this ladoo is easy to make and will be liked by all especially kids.
Expert Tips
- If you add sugar to hot mixture it will turn goey. Therefore add sugar only after cooling down the mixture.
- If you are not able to shape into ladoos then ghee is not enough.
- 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.
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