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Payaru Ulundu Urundai-Payatham Maavu Ulundu Laddu-Easy Diwali Sweets Recipes

October 13, 2014 by PadhuSankar 20 Comments

This laddu is made of 2 very healthy ingredients – one is black gram or black lentils also know as urad dal in Hindi and ulutam paruppu in Tamil and another one is green gram also known as mung dal in Hindi and pachai payaru in Tamil. Both the dals have numerous health benefits. Both are good source of vitamins, minerals and also a rich source of protein. Urad dal is considered  good for women’s health as it is rich in iron, folic acid, calcium, magnesium and potassium. Consuming urad dal regularly boosts energy levels significantly. Both are rich in fiber, reduces cholesterol and boost health. Apart from these 2 ingredients, I have added nuts and raisins to give the laddu or urundai some texture. It is not that you have to prepare this only during festival season, it can be given to children as after school snacks or can be packed in their snack box. Today we will learn how to make payaru uluntha mavu urundai following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.

Payaru urundai

Payaru Ulundu Urundai-Payatham Maavu Ulundu Laddu


Payaru urundai

 Prep Time : 30 mins

 Cook Time : 10 mins 
 Yields:17 laddus
 Recipe Category: Healthy Snacks-Indian Sweet
 Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients for the laddu mavu (flour)

   Whole skinned urad dal-1/2 kg or 2 cups
   Whole green gram or pachai payaru -1/2 kg or 2 1/2 cup

   Ingredients needed for making Laddus

   Payaru ulundu mavu -1 1/4 cup
   Natural unrefined cane sugar (nattu sakkarai)-1/2 cup or as required
   Ghee/clarified butter -1/3 cup melted
   Assorted nuts -1/2 cup
   Raisins -1/4 cup
   Cardamom -4 powdered
   Roasted Sesame seeds -2 tbsp (optional)

Preparation

Roast urad dal on medium flame until brown. You need lot of patience for this but is worth the effort.

roasting ulundu for ulundu urundai

You have to roast urad dal to the color in the picture below. Transfer it to a plate to cool.

Dry roast green gram until you get a nice flavor of roasted green gram. Transfer it to a plate and cool.

Once it cools, mix both and give it to the mill for grinding it to a fine powder. I usually have this ground in the flour mill, and store it. I just take 1 -1 1/4 cup of flour to make laddus as and when required. This laddu flour or laddu mavu can be stored for a month.

Those who do not have a flour mill in their place can prepare in less quantity using the mixie or food processor.

Now the flour for making healthy payaru laddu is ready.

Powder nattu sakkarai finely and keep it aside. You can use white sugar also for this. To make it healthy, I have used natural unrefined cane sugar. You can also use palm sugar. Whatever you use powder it finely and keep it ready.

ingredients for ulundu payaru urundai

Method to make ulundu payaru urundai

Chop all the nuts into small pieces. Dry roast all the nuts. I have used cashew nuts, almonds and few walnuts.

In a big plate or bowl, mix together, all the nuts, flour and nattu sakkarai (unrefined cane sugar).

how to make ulundu urundai (laddu)

Heat a tsp of ghee, fry the raisins until they puff up and add to the flour + nuts + nattu sakkarai mix.

payatham maavu ulundu laddu

Add cardamom powder, roasted sesame seeds and mix everything well. Melt ghee and add little to a small portion of flour and make balls. Prepare it batch by batch. Do not  pour the ghee to the whole mixture. The ghee has to be warm, so keep it inside a bowl of hot water, add to the mix little at a time and make balls.

Add just enough ghee to make balls. If you feel you can make balls, stop adding ghee. I needed 1/3 cup of ghee. If you would make balls with lesser quantity of ghee, then it is fine.

payaru urundai recipe

These payaru ulundu urundai has a self life of 7-10 days.

Prepare healthy snacks like this often at home and enjoy a healthy life!!

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Comments

  1. Anusha Subramanian

    September 15, 2015 at 11:56 am

    Wow! Am definitely going to try this and recommend to my cousins too!!!

    Reply
  2. gopi

    October 31, 2015 at 5:04 am

    Padhu, shall I give this laddu to my 1 yr 7 month old daughter ?? whether its easily digestible food?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      November 1, 2015 at 5:46 am

      Yes, you can give half a laddu. Use pure organic jaggery.

      Reply
  3. Martina Saveria

    February 28, 2016 at 10:18 pm

    Can I add melted butter instead of ghee??

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      February 29, 2016 at 7:30 am

      You should add only ghee.

      Reply
  4. Dheepikaa Balasubramanian

    April 1, 2016 at 2:52 am

    Can we make this with moong dal only?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      April 2, 2016 at 10:51 am

      Yes, you can make with moong dal alone.

      Reply
  5. Winnower

    July 12, 2016 at 2:10 pm

    can i melt and add jaggery in order to ensure there is no sediments in jaggery?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      July 13, 2016 at 6:43 am

      Yes, you can use little water but in that case it will reduce the shelf life.

      Reply
  6. seattle_smoke

    October 14, 2016 at 1:42 pm

    Padhu, whether it is urad dal with black skin or just whole ulundu without skin

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      October 15, 2016 at 4:49 am

      As you can see in the picture, it is whole urad dal without skin.

      Reply
  7. vasavi anandan

    October 30, 2016 at 2:43 am

    tried it ad it turned out yummy,… thanks for the recipe.. 🙂

    Reply
  8. Sruthi Subramaniam

    July 23, 2017 at 11:21 am

    Very nice recipe. Thanks. Does the extra groud flour need to be stored in the fridge ?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      July 24, 2017 at 9:03 am

      Yes, store it in a zip lock bag in the fridge.

      Reply
  9. Sarika Suman

    December 9, 2017 at 7:29 am

    Hi padhu,shall I make with only urad dal

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      December 9, 2017 at 11:30 am

      You can make with urad dal alone also but I have not yet tried yet.

      Reply
  10. Unknown

    April 24, 2019 at 5:20 pm

    Hi padhu can I add whole urad dal with skin?

    Reply
  11. Unknown

    April 30, 2019 at 4:13 pm

    Can I add whole urad dal with skin?

    Reply
  12. Bhuvaneswari

    June 1, 2020 at 8:26 pm

    I forget to dry roast it before grinding. Shall i roast powder, i didn’t add any sugar yet

    Reply
    • PadhuSankar

      June 2, 2020 at 7:48 am

      Roasting powder will not be that good. But as you forgot, you can roast but I doubt if the laddu will be good.

      Reply

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