Ram ladoo is a popular Delhi street food. This is specially famous around Holi festival time. Ram laddu is prepared from yellow lentil and split chickpeas and served with green chutney and grated radish. I love adding some sweet tamarind chutney which gives it a nice tangy flavor. So, sharing a step-by-step recipe for some delicious Indian Street Food.
Start by soaking lentils..
Grind it to make a paste
Deep fry, garnish with grated radish and chutney and enjoy!
Click here for hari chutney recipe
Here here for sweet tamarind chutney
Ram Ladoo / Moong dal Pakora Chaat
Prep Time 2 hours
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 2 hours 20 minutes
Servings 2
Ingredients
- ellow lentil / Moong dhuli - 3/4 cup
- chana dal / Split chickpeas - 1/4 cup
- Chopped green chilies - 1 tbsp
- Grated ginger - 1 tsp
- Few Finely chopped coriander leaves
- Salt to taste
- Asafoetida - a pinch
- Cooking Oil for deep frying I used sunflower oil
- 1 Radish - peeled and grated
- Green chutney - 2 tbsp
- Sweet tamarind chutney - 2 tbsp
- Lemon juice - 2 tbsp
Instructions
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Wash and soak yellow lentil and Bengal gram in water for 2 hours. Drain the water and keep it aside.
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Add soaked dal, ginger, green chilies, coriander leaves, asafoetida and grind it to make a smooth paste. Do not add any extra water while grinding.
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Transfer the batter into a bowl, add salt to taste, mix it well and keep it aside.
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Heat some oil in a frying pan. Make sure to check if oil is ready. You can check by dropping a small portion of the batter in the hot oil and if it immediately comes on top, oil is ready.
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Take a small portion of batter in your hands and drop it into the oil carefully. You can also use a spoon to drop the batter into the warm oil.
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Deep fry in oil on low flame till it turns golden brown. Drain excess oil and keep them aside.
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Place few ram laddoo's in a bowl and garnish it with some grated radish, green chutney, sweet tamarind chutney and squeeze little lemon juice on top of it and enjoy!!
Hi Priya,
This is my first time of hearing about Ram ladoo. I do enjoy quick snacks like this. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Priya, Ram Ladoo looks super delicious , drool ! Saving recipe link, will try it for sure – Salma Navin
I love these pakoras. Don't know if I'll make them as they're available on the road but I guess it's good to have a recipe in case I want to feed them to someone with a sensitive stomach.
This sounds good. I'd love to try this sometime. I'm sharing this recipe for you, Priya! All the best.
I have never tried anything like Ram Ladoo before…it looks interesting!
Heard about Ram Laddu for the first time. Looks simple and tasty. Will try sometime.
totally a killer dear!
Thank you dear 🙂
Love the wide variety of ways in using lentil recipes in Indian cuisine!The RAM LADOO / MOONG DAL PAKORA CHAAT sounds so good!
Thank you Hadia 🙂