Warm, richly spiced, and built for a satisfying meal, Moong Dal Ladoo is a vegetarian Indian dessert, indian sweet made with moong dal dhuli, granulated white sugar, and cardamom powder in about 25 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: 15 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 10 ladoo
- Category: Dessert, Indian Sweet
- Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients
- 1 cup moong dal dhuli (215 grams, also known as yellow split lentil)
- 3/4 cup granulated white sugar (150 grams)
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
- 1/4 cup melted ghee (also known as clarified butter)
Method
- Place the dal in a pan on low heat. Roast the dal, stirring continuously till it changes to nice golden in color. This takes around 8-10 minutes.
- Remove pan from heat and transfer dal to a grinder and grind to a fine powder.
- Sieve the mixture to remove any large particles from the ladoo mixture. Set aside.
- Grind the sugar with cardamom powder. Transfer the sugar to the ladoo mixture and mix to combine.
- Add warm melted ghee, little by little till you are able to bind the mixture.
- Take a small amount of the mixture in your palm and press with your fingers to make a small round ball.
- Use the entire mixture to form ladoos while the mixture is still warm.
- Enjoy these moong dal ladoo!
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.
