Pottukadalai Ladoo or Maladu or Maa Laddu is a popular sweet from South India mainly made with roasted chickpeas. I just made them to celebrate my happy blogging days. I never realized that so many people are reading my blog regularly and it has given me an extra energy to start a fresh year of blogging. So, I made ladoo with some roasted gram. Roasted grams or split chickpeas are packed with nutrition and this ladoo is simply delicious. These maladu are one of my favorite ladoo as they simply melt in your mouth.
You can watch the complete process to make these ladoos in this quick video by me:-
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Pottukadalai Ladoo
Ingredients
- Roasted split chickpeas / pottukadalai - 1 cup
- Sugar - 1 cup
- Ghee / clarified butter - 1/4 cup
- Green Cardamom - 2
- Cashew nuts - 10 (chopped)
- Raisins - 10
Instructions
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Roast the gram on low flame for few minutes in the same pan till it starts leaving a nice aroma. Do not let the color change and keep stirring.
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Remove from the flame and let it cool down completely. Now, grind it to a fine powder.
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Grind sugar and cardamom to a fine powder.
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Add sugar and roasted gram powder in a mixing bowl and mix it well.
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Add roasted cashews and almonds and mix it well.
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Heat 1 tsp of ghee in a pan and roast cashew nuts and almonds on low flame till cashews turn light brown Keep it aside in a bowl.
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Add remaining ghee in the pan and heat it for a minute.
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Add the powdered roasted gram, powdered sugar and combine. Remove from the flame.
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When its warm itself start making small balls of the mix and keep it aside. Once it completely cools down, store it in an air-tight container. You can store it upto 2 weeks in a cool place.
Recipe Notes
these laddoos have been on my hit list since long, since the kids love them, but never made them… it is always the encouragement that pushes to blog! Looks like after a year of blogging, you took a couple of days off! 🙂
very delicious ladoo and healthy too…
Tempting ladoos. Kids love it
I love ladoos. Looks yummy. Dropping by from UBC.
Ladoo looks so tasty..
tempting ladoos
I'm new on ladoos but I love the recipe! and it is very interesting to make. Thank you!
healthy and delicious ladoo…
They look delicious but I've never, ever had one! I should try.
Looks yummy and a healthier option as well compared to other ladoos 🙂
yummilicious, healthy ladoos..
Yummy ladoos…
It's yummy, Priya. U have a such a sweet blog:)
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It's yummy, Priya. U have a such a sweet blog:)
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Ladoo:-) can I have some?
Looks Yummy
healthy snack
Perfectly made ladoo!
G'day! Happy Blog Anniversary Priya and thank you for also allowing me to learn something new as have never head of ladoo before!
Cheers! Joanne
so divine it looks….
yummmyyy lovely laddduuuus priyaa :)happy blog anniversary… i want to celebrate it too 😀 pass me the bowl 😀
I am not familiar with this dessert. That is why I love this blogging experience to see all the different food from different cultures. This looks yummy.
I love trying new foods but have not yet had the chance to try these. They really do look good. I'll have to check out my local Indian market to see if I can secure all the ingredients.
Pottukadalai Ladoo – Maladu Recipe – Maa Laddu sounds wonderful. I have never had this before and am anxious to see how it will taste. Thanks for sharing a wonderful dessert from your culture.
Sweet and healthy dessert is always great by me! I need to add Ladoo to my recipes to try!
I'm always happy to see another use for gram flour. I've made besan burfi but ladoo is great too.
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All time favorite
I'm new to ladoos but those sound wonderful…and I'm always interested in finding a healthy dessert. Love Indian food and thrilled to have you joining us at Foodie Fridays!
Ladoos look yummy
Pottukadalai Ladoo – Maladu Recipe I've never used dried chickpeas. Thanks for the introduction! and for sharing at #theWeekendSocial. Always great to see you. theKitchenChopper.com Pinned!
These no bake treats look fantastic Priya. Love the cashew and cardamom combo with chickpeas