- Heat a thick bottomed pan or kadai on a low flame. Then add moong dal. If you want you can rinse the moong dal first. Spread the lentils on a plate or tray or on a cloth. Dry the moong dal naturally or in sunlight. Once the mung lentils have dried, then add them in the kadai. If you want you can add directly too. Keep the flame on low or sim and begin to roast the moong dal. Continue to stir often while roasting. Keep on roasting and stirring for even browning and cooking. The moong dal needs to be golden and become aromatic. Use a thick bottomed pan or kadai. If the pan or kadai is not heavy or has a heavy base, then the moong dal will get browned too fast with uneven cooking and roasting. Remove the dal in a plate and let it cool. Once the lentils have become warm or cooled down, add them in a grinder jar. Grind to a fine powder. Now take the moong dal flour in a fine seive. Begin to sift the flour on a plate or tray or a large bowl or pan. Keep the sifted moong dal flour aside. Grinding Sugar In the same grinder, add ⅓ cup sugar. Also add cardamom seeds removed from 2 to 3 green cardamom pods. Grind sugar to a fine powder. Making Moong Dal Ladoo: Add the powdered sugar to the moong dal flour. If you want you can even sift the sugar and then add. Mix very well. Melt 1/4 cup ghee in a pan. You just need to melt the ghee and not heat it. If adding dry fruits, you can add some sliced or chopped dry fruits at this step and saute them in ghee till they become light golden. Add the melted ghee to moong dal + sugar mixture. Mix very well with a spatula or spoon. Let this mixture become warm or cool down. Then mix again very well with your hands. Now start shaping the moong dal ladoos. If you are not able to make the ladoos, then allow to cool for some more time at room temperature. Prepare ladoos like this with all of the mixture. You can even offer these moong dal ladoos to the deities as naivedyam or serve to your family. Store the remaining moong dal ladoos in an air tight box or jar and keep at room temperature or refrigerate.
Easy to make and healthy ladoo.
Moong dal ladoo
#myrecipe
By Chandana Guptha
Jan, 7th
602
Servings
4 persons
Cook Time
50 minutes
Ingredients
2
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Ingredients
- Moong dal
- Sugar
- Ghee
- Cardamom powder
