| Ingredients | |
|---|---|
| 1 & ½ cup | Pottukadalai |
| 1 cup | Sugar |
| ½ cup | Ghee |
| 2 | Cardamom crushed |
| 7 whole | Cashews |
Lets see how to make this Maladdu
Assemble all the ingredients needed for the laddu.
In a mixie powder the Pottukadalai / Split roasted gram / Dalia / Chickpea to a fine consistency along with that one cardamom mentioned. Again powder the granulated sugar too and keep aside. Now we have take equal quantity of both the powder. That is for every cup of powdered pottukadalai flour its 1 cup of powdered sugar. Mix them both in a big bowl.
Break the cashews to small pieces and then fry them in little ghee until golden and add it to the flour mixture.
Warm up the remaining ghee until melted and slowly add the to the mixture. (Ghee mentioned may be slightly more, so add little at a time, don’t pour all at once)
Keep working until it reaches a crumbly texture.
When you press and knead you should be able to make little laddus as shown. That’s the texture we are looking for. Once ready, apply some ghee to you hands and starts making small laddus. They tend to break easily so work it up with ghee.
Notes
Comments
10 responses to “Maladdu – Pottukadalai Laddu”
Hi Mullai,
I’m new to this website…I just found that your recipes are too good. The measurements are fine and the step by step pics are just awesome! I just bought a new mixie and wanted to try this in it. Your method being very similar to mine has boosted my confidence to start it. Plz do keep up your good work
Mullai I made this today and it came out really well…Kudos to u..:)
Sadhana Raveen
Its our family favourie too….but we add milk to make balls of pottukadalai…
Can we substitute the Pottukadalai with Besan??
hi mullai, can i use icing sugar instead of granulated sugar? thanks, bakya
Bakya, I don't think it will work out. Icing sugar has cornstarch and when you add warm ghee it make it sticky. Just use regular sugar. Thanks.
thank u so much for ur reply…
I have lots of Pottukadalai . Will make it today. Looks yummy.
Thanks Mullai
Awesome is the word !!!!!!!
Simple and looks tempting!
Sadhana Raveen
Great recipe mullai. This was my childhood fav, will try for sure. Thanx for sharing Mullai.
Have a great day