Maladu (Maladoo)
Maladoo is one of the easiest South Indian sweet, made with only 5 ingredients including roasted split gram and in 30 minutes.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Roasted Split gram Daria Dal / Pottukadalai/ Fried gram
- 1 Cup Sugar
- 1 Cup Ghee
- 1 Tsp Ground Cardamom
- 10 Cashewnuts
Instructions
- Dry roast the roasted split gram ( pottukadalai) until fragrant and set it aside. Allow it cool down and then transfer it to a blender/ mixer and powder it to a fine powder.
- Grind the Sugar and Cardamom to a powdered consistency.
- Pass the ground split gram flour, sugar and cardamom through a sieve, to ensure there are no lumps.
- Heat 2 Tbsp of ghee and add the cashews. Fry in low flame until golden brown and add it to the bowl with ground roasted gram flour. Mix with spoon.
- Heat the remaining ghee in low flame and add 1 large ladle of ghee at a time to the mixture. Do not be tempted to add all together in one go as the ladoo's will not turn out stiff.
- Take small portions of the mixture and press gently between your palm. Then roll into a round shape like ladoo. If the mixture is too crumbly, add more ghee.
- Repeat the process for ladoo with the remaining mixture.