Maladu Recipe | Maa Ladoo Recipe
Maladu or Maa Ladoo is one of the tastiest and popular sweets made using fried gram dal, sugar and ghee as main ingredients. Maa Ladoo is a quick and easy sweet that anyone can try at home. Let us learn how to make maladu recipe with step by step pictures and video.
Servings12 ladoos
Ingredients
- 1 cup fried gram dal pottukadalai
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup melted ghee
- 2 cardamom
- 10 cashews broken
Instructions
- Add 1 cup fried gram dal.
- Dry roast it for 3 minutes till nice aroma rises, don’t let it change its color.
- Cool down completely and add to mixer jar. Make sure the mixer jar is dry.
- Transfer to a sieve.
- Sieve it well.
- Discard the remains.
- To the same mixer jar – add 1/2 cup sugar.
- Add 2 whole cardamom.
- Grind it to a fine powder and add it to the same bowl.
- Mix this well first.
- To a small pan add 1/4 cup ghee and 10 cashews broken fry until golden. Switch off and remove.
- Add it to the bowl.
- Mix it first with a spatula.
- Then when it is warm mix it with your hand.
- Take a small portion and hold tight.
- Shape them into ladoos.
- Store in an airtight container and enjoy your homemade maa ladoos!
Notes
- Roasting – Dry roasting roasted gram is optional but gives a nice flavor to the ladoos.
- Sugar – I usually add 1/2 cup sugar for 1 cup fried gram dal but which will be apt but if you prefer more sweetness then add 3/4 cup sugar. You can replace sugar with jaggery too.
- Ghee – Adding more ghee may end up giving very moist ladoos so do not add more than 1/4 cup. Use good quality ghee as it gives good flavor and taste to the ladoos. Hot ghee is added so that shaping the ladoo is easy.
- Shaping – Mix well with a laddle and touch it with your hands only when its warm.If you are making in bulk say more than 2 cups then you can add ghee little by little and form ladoos in portions. It is always easy to shape the ladoos when its warm, else it will tend to break so make the ladoos quickly.
- Dry fruits – You can even add raisins, almonds along with cashews if you like.
- Shelf life – Maladu keeps well for a week in room temperature. The shelf life will be less if you use jaggery.
Nutrition Facts
Maladu Recipe | Maa Ladoo Recipe
Amount Per Serving (30 g)
Calories 128
Calories from Fat 36
% Daily Value*
Fat 4g6%
Saturated Fat 2g13%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat 1g
Cholesterol 10mg3%
Sodium 1mg0%
Potassium 162mg5%
Carbohydrates 18g6%
Fiber 5g21%
Sugar 9g10%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 6IU0%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 10mg1%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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