Malaadu / Ma laddu
Hand rolled bite sized no-cook Indian sweet treats
Servings 15 pieces
Calories
Ingredients
- 1 cup Dalia split Roasted split bengal gram
- 3/4 cup Sugar
- 3 tbsp Ghee may need slightly more
- 10-12 Cashew nut split and broken pieces
- 4 pods Cardamom
Instructions
- Slightly warm up the Dalia split to freshen up the lentil flavor. Move away from heat and allow to cool.
- Powder the Dalia , sugar and cardamom. Sieve and powder again until this reaches fine dust consistency.
- Fry the cashew nut in ghee keep few of the better looking pieces aside. Now pour the entire HOT ghee and cashew nut pieces into the powdered mixture and mix well with a fork. It should be of wet sand consistency. When this comes to bearable heat roll out small rounds with your hand. Work on it quickly as it will dry out fast.
- Keep one cashew nut half per round and shape evenly. Make small laddus.The laddus will firm up as it sits so even if it is slightly soft and crumbly as soon as you make it don't worry. Keep in room temperature in air tight container, Use up with in 5-7 days.
Notes
- If the laddus are not shaping at all add a tbsp or two of really hot ghee to re-shape.
- The texture is very dry and powdery so exercise caution when serving to small kids as it may cause choking hazard.