Crisp at the edges and tender through the middle, Maladu recipe | Fried gram or roasted gram ladoo recipe is a vegetarian South Indian dessert / sweet made with simple everyday ingredients in about 15 minutes. The recipe lays out the ingredients and each cooking step clearly, so you can adjust seasoning, texture, and serving size for your own kitchen.
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 13 minutes
- Cook time: 2 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 12 · 12 ladoo
- Category: Dessert / Sweet
- Cuisine: South Indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup roasted bengal gram (fried gram / pottukadalai/ putnalu pappu)
- ½ cup sugar ((organic))
- ¼ cup ghee ((2 tbsp extra if needed))
- 3 green cardamoms (/ elaichi)
- 6 to 8 cashews (chopped (optional))
Method
- Powder sugar and cardamoms. Set aside and powder roasted gram to a fine powder. Set this one too aside.
- Heat ghee in a pan and fry cashews until golden. Switch off the stove.
- Add the sugar and fried gram powder to the hot ghee. Begin to mix while the ghee is still hot. The mixture must be binding well otherwise you can add 1 tbsp of ghee each time and mix.
- Set aside till it comes down to a warm temperature. Do not allow to cool down completely.
- Take small portions of the dough and make balls.
- Store maladu in a air tight jar and use with in a month.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.
