Maladu Recipe | Maa Laddu | Roasted Gram Ladoo

Ingredients

• 1 cup roasted chana dal (roasted bengal gram or pottukadalai)
• ½ cup sugar or add as required
• 3 green cardamoms or ½ teaspoon cardamom powder
• 1 pinch nutmeg powder (ground nutmeg)
• 10 to 12 cashews – chopped
• 1 tablespoon golden raisins
• ¼ cup ghee or 4 tablespoons – remove 1 tablespoon from ¼ cup ghee to fry the cashews and raisins

Steps

1. Grind the chana dal to a fine powder using a dry grinder or coffee grinder.
2. Sift the powdered chana dal.
3. Grind the sugar to powder with the cardamom seeds.
4. Sift the powdered sugar into the same bowl too.
5. Mix in the grated nutmeg as well.
6. Combine the sifted chana dal flour and powdered sugar thoroughly until even.
7. Fry the cashews in 1 tablespoon ghee.
8. Take out the cashews and add to the chana dal flour and powdered sugar in the bowl.
9. Fry the raisins in the same ghee until plump.
10. Add the raisins and their ghee to the flour-sugar mixture.
11. Heat the remaining 3 tablespoons ghee in the same pan and add to the ladoo mixture.
12. Put the pan of ladoo mixture over low heat and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring continuously. Turn off the heat and leave to cool.
13. Once warm or cool enough to handle, shape into small or medium ladoos.
14. Serve the maladu or store in an airtight container, where they will keep for 7 to 10 days.