Pottukadalai Jaggery Ladoo
Pottukadalai Jaggery Ladoo is a mild, tasty sweet made by blending powdered pottukadalai with jaggery syrup and shaped into balls. Pottukadalai Jaggery Ladoo is easy to make and healthy compared to the store bought packed junk foods.
Servings10 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
- Measure jaggery and add it in a pan, add water and dissolve it well.
- Heat it up for 2 mins just for the jaggery to get dissolved. Strain to remove impurities.
- Grease a plate with ghee and keep it ready. Heat jaggery syrup.
- 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 with cashews, cardamom powder. Mix well.
- When its still warm shape them as ladoos. Store Pottukadalai Jaggery Ladoo in airtight container and enjoy!
Nutrition Facts
Pottukadalai Jaggery Ladoo
Amount Per Serving (40 g)
Calories 181
Calories from Fat 63
% Daily Value*
Fat 7g11%
Saturated Fat 4g25%
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat 2g
Cholesterol 15mg5%
Sodium 0.2mg0%
Potassium 7mg0%
Carbohydrates 27g9%
Fiber 4g17%
Sugar 16g18%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin C 0.01mg0%
Calcium 37mg4%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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