Pottukadalai ladoo recipe with jaggery, a healthy ladoo made using fried gram dal. This can be a healthy variation to the pottukadalai urundai we usually make.I have already made pottukadalai urundai using jaggery but this recipe tempted me so much so tried it.This is so tasty and melt in the mouth.
As karthigai deepam is nearing thought to post this pottukadalai ladoo recipe.And the main thing is if you flop this you can easily convert and make these ladoos.
Ingredients
- 1 cup pottukadalai / fried gram dal
- 3/4 cup jaggery
- 1/3 cup ghee
- 10 whole cashews broken roughly
- a pinch cardamom powder
Instructions
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Measure jaggery and add it in a pan, add water and dissolve it well.
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Heat it up for 2 mins just for the jaggery to get dissolved.Strain to remove impurities.
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Grease a plate with ghee and keep it ready.Heat jaggery syrup.
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Heat until the syrup is thick.Consistency check : Keep a separate plate ready with little water.Take a drop of jaggery syrup and put it in water, it should stand firm and not dissolve as shown below and when you roll it should form a loose ball.This is the correct stage.
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Now add fried gram dal to the syrup, mix well until the jaggery syrup is coated well.Switch off and spread the mixture on the ghee greased plate.
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Break the bunches roughly.Cool down for 5 mins then transfer to mixer jar and grind it to a fine powder.Set aside.
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Heat ghee in a pan, fry cashews until golden brown.
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Now in a mixing bowl, add the powder along with ghee with cashews,cardamom powder.Mix well.
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When its still warm shape them as ladoos. Store in airtight container and enjoy!
Recipe Notes
- You can even add 1/2 cup ghee for 1 cup gram dal as per the orginal recipe.But 1/3 cup was enough to shape them.
How to make pottukadalai ladoo recipe:
- Measure jaggery and add it in a pan, add water and dissolve it well.
- Heat it up for 2mins just for the jaggery to get dissolved.Strain to remove impurities.
- Grease a plate with ghee and keep it ready.Heat jaggery syrup.Add cardamom powder.
- Heat until the syrup is thick.Consistency check : Keep a separate plate ready with little water.Take a drop of jaggery syrup and put it in water, it should stand firm and not dissolve as shown below and when you roll it should form a loose ball.This is the correct stage.
- Now add fried gram dal to the syrup, mix well until the jaggery syrup is coated well.Switch off and spread the mixture on the ghee greased plate.
- Break the bunches roughly.Cool down for 5 mins then transfer to mixer jar and grind it to a fine powder.Set aside.
- Heat ghee in a pan, fry cashews until golden brown.
- Now in a mixing bowl, add the powder along with ghee and cashews.Mix well.
- When its still warm shape them as ladoos.
Store in airtight container and enjoy!
Melt in the mouth ladoos ready!
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