Maladu or Maa Laddu (Pottukadalai Ladoo) is quick South Indian recipe of ladoo made from roasted gram or roasted chana dal flour. Maladu is made with just 3 main ingredients – roasted gram flour, ghee and sugar.

Recipe Snapshot

  • Prep time: 10 minutes
  • Cook time: 2 minutes
  • Total time: 12 minutes
  • Yield: 10 · 10 Laddu
  • Category: Sweets
  • Cuisine: South Indian

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)

Method

  1. First powder the chana dal in a dry grinder or coffee grinder to a fine powder consistency.
  2. Sieve the ground chana dal.
  3. Powder the sugar with the cardamom seeds.
  4. Sieve the powdered sugar also in the same bowl.
  5. Add the grated nutmeg too.
  6. Mix the sifted chana dal flour and powdered sugar thoroughly to an even mixtute.
  7. Fry cashews in 1 tablespoon of ghee.
  8. Remove and add them to the chana dal flour and powdered sugar mixture in the bowl.
  9. Now in the same ghee fry the raisins till plump.
  10. Add the raisins along with ghee to the flour and sugar mixture.
  11. In the same pan heat up the remaining 3 tablespoons of ghee and add it to the ladoo mixture.
  12. Keep the ladoo mixture pan on low heat and sauté for 2 to 3 minutes stirring non-stop. Switch off heat and let the mixture cool.
  13. When the mixture has become warm or cooled enough for you to handle the ladoo mixture, then make small or medium sized ladoos.
  14. Serve maladu or keep them stored in an air tight container. They will stay good for 7 to 10 days.

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.