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Maaladu Recipe-Roasted Gram Ladoo-Pottukadalai Urundai

September 9, 2015 by PadhuSankar 11 Comments

Maladu is a very popular and instant sweet which can be done in a few minutes. It is also one of the easiest sweet which can be made for any occasions. I have make slight changes by adding lot of nuts and raisins to give the maaladu some texture. It was very delicious with the raisins and cashew nuts. Today we will learn how to make maaladu following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.

maaladu

Maaladu-Roasted Gram Ladoo


Maaladu

 Prep Time : 5 mins

 Cook Time : 15 mins 
 Yields: 6 maladus
 Recipe Category: Dessert-Indian sweet
 Recipe Cuisine: South Indian
 Author:Padhu Sankar

   Ingredients needed

   Roasted gram dal/Daaliya/Pottu kadalai – 1/2 cup
   Powdered sugar – 1/4 cup (more if you want it very sweet)
   Ghee/clarified butter – 1 1/2 – 2 tbsp or as needed
   Cardamom powder – 1/4 tsp
   Cashew nuts – 12-15
   Raisins – 20-25

Preparation

Dry roast the roasted gram on medium heat just until hot to touch (Do not over roast it). Cool and powder it finely in a mixie.

roasting pottukadalai

Sieve the ground flour and keep it aside. Powder sugar finely. Sieve sugar also and keep it ready.

powdered sugar

Method

In a large plate, add the sieved flour, sieved sugar and cardamom powder.

how to make maaladu

Mix well. I added lot of cashew nuts and raisins to give the maaladu some texture.

maladu preparation

Heat a tsp of ghee and fry the cashew nuts (break it into 2-3 pieces) on low heat until golden. Add to the flour-sugar mixture.

making Roasted gram Ladoo

In the same pan, fry the raisin on low flame until they puff up. Add to the flour + sugar mixture and mix well.

how to make Pottukadalai Urundai

Heat the rest of the ghee and add to the above mixture. Mix well with a spoon and make balls out of the mixture when it is warm. If you are unable to make balls, add more ghee (little at a time) and make balls. When you are able to make balls, stop adding ghee.

Enjoy making delicious maaladu for this festive season. This also makes a perfect festive gift.

Storage and Shelf life 


Store it in an air tight container at room temperature for a week and for more days in the refrigerator.

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Comments

  1. Srilakshmi Ch

    September 10, 2015 at 6:28 am

    My mother also prepare the same way,thankyou for the post..
    Can we add jaggery instead of sugar..

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      September 11, 2015 at 7:37 am

      Yes, you can use powdered clean organic jaggery as other jaggery will have lot of impurities.

      Reply
  2. Priyanka Shukla

    September 19, 2015 at 6:38 am

    Hi Padhu, I made this ladoos and they turned out to be awesome. Everyone was amazed to learn what it's made of. Even my husband who generally hates ladoos loved them.

    Reply
  3. shobha arvind

    October 18, 2015 at 11:51 am

    Hi padhu it came out really well . Colour and texture were too good. Thanks a lot for sharing the step-wise recipe

    Reply
  4. Unknown

    March 24, 2016 at 1:31 am

    Hi, want to do this recipe.shall I use powdered raw sugar instead of refined sugar?

    Reply
    • Padhu Sankar

      March 24, 2016 at 3:33 pm

      Yes, you can.

      Reply
  5. Saraswathi

    December 22, 2016 at 4:48 pm

    Hi Amma uses roasted bengal gram powder. am trying this one as i have no time:)

    Reply
  6. rekha ragothaman

    February 15, 2017 at 2:32 pm

    I did this as per your instructions padhu. It came out well. Thanks a lot..

    Reply
  7. Aish Warya

    July 26, 2017 at 8:28 am

    Came out well

    Reply
  8. Unknown

    December 24, 2018 at 1:03 pm

    Tried this. Superb. Thanks.

    Reply
  9. Aiswarya

    January 25, 2020 at 2:15 pm

    Maa ladoo using jaggery turns out little sticky. What to do?

    Reply

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