Monday, October 22, 2018

Bengal gram laddo/ Thuvaiyal maavu




Roasted Bengal gram along with nuts and raisins tossed in ghee makes a very nice snack for a never ending sweet craving. Its been a great surprise to me that I never tried my hands on these ladoos before. It is so easy and overwhelmingly good and most of all healthy.
        Bengal gram ladoo is one of those sweets which I have grown up with. One or the other  aunts would never forget making these ladoos while visiting us. And this is a never fail recipe. 


Ingredients :

1. Raw rice  -  1 cup(1 cup= 210 ml)
2. Bengal gram /Pottu kadalai- 1 cup
3. Sugar - 1/2 or 3/4 cup
4. Cashew, Almond & Raisin -  1/2 cup
5.  Ghee - For frying
6. Milk -  1/2 cup

Method :

1. Soak raw rice for 20-30 mins.
2. Drain the rice completely and then dry  by spreading on a paper towel.
3.  Now grind it in a mixer/blender and sieve it.
4. Grind bengal gram into a fine powder.
5. Make sugar into a fine powder too by grinding in a blender.
6. Take 2 tbsp of ghee in a pan and fry nuts and raisins and keep it separately.
7. In the same pan, with a little more ghee, roast bengal gram powder and raw rice powder separately.
8. Mix roasted bengal gram powder, rawrice powder and sugar along with nuts.
9. Add 2 tbsp of warm milk to the mixture and make into small balls.

Note :
  • Keep the ladoos in an airtight container and it stays good for a  week in refrigerator. 
  • You can  add grated coconut as well .