Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Urad Dal Ladoos (Black Gram Balls)


           Back from a trip to Florida, had a nice time with friends and got to visit  the Harry Potter World at Universal Studios, my daughter and I were very excited, both of us love the series. Returned yesterday night, very tired so I thought I'll post today a simple dish. It requires very few ingredients and can be made in no time. A sweet ladoo with urad dal (whole black gram without the skin) and jaggery, supposed to be very healthy, especially for women..

Need To Have

  • Urad Dal - 1 cup
  • Jaggery - 1 cup grated or powdered
  • Cardamom Powder - 1/4 teaspoon
  • Ghee - 2 tablespoons



Method
          Dry roast the urad dal till they turn pink and you get a nice aroma and cool it. Grind it to a powder (need not be smooth but like fine sand). To this, add the jaggery, cardamom powder and melted ghee, mix everything well, roll it into small balls.

Sending it to Vegetarian Tastebuds for Pari's 'Only' - Snacks And Starters event,
                to Zesty South Indian Kitchen for the Hearth And Soul Blog Hop event and
                to Food Corner for the Midweek Fiesta event.


Note
Can add more ghee if needed.
Make balls by taking a fistful of the powder and pressing it together, like you would do with beach sand.
The ladoos might look a little hard if you try to break it but when you bite into it, it just crumbles.



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31 comments:

  1. Well welcome back from your trip to Florida, lots to do in that state. I used to live there and miss it.
    Your dessert here does look tasty, I do like cardamon in sweets. I will need to look up the black gram. Any sweet that can proclaim health benefits gets a thumbs up from me. Have a great day!

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  2. very nice n tasty.........and a really simple and quick laddoo.

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  3. Very simple yet delicious and healthy.. Am going to try this one.

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  4. Hope u all had a great time there. Yum ladoos , sounds healthy one.

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  5. Urad dal laddu is new to me...These are healthy too...

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  6. I have not tasted a udad dal ladoo, will surely try it soon. Glad that you had an awesome time with your daughter. Its what counts in the end.

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  7. The ladoos look very tempting...and happen to be a new dish for me. Never tried making ladoos with urad dal. Very innovative.

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  8. Simple yet delicious and easy to make healthy ladoo......

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  9. Looks picture perfect,yummy laddoos..never tried with urad dal!Welcome back after your lovely trip to Florida!

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  10. lovely photos. delicious ladoo recipe. love it

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  11. Looks like you had a wonderful trip to Florida. I would like to visit .
    Urad dal ladoos looks delicious. I love the crunchiness of them. Thanks for sharing with Hearth and soul blog hop.

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  12. Healthy and delicious ladoos..

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  13. yummy laddoos n awesome clicks....

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  14. Glad u guys had a wonderful trip..Healthy laddoos,feel like having some.

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  15. We loved Harry Potter too! The laddoo's should really sweeten the trip back home!

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  16. love the picture and the laddoos too.good one.

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  17. Yummy! Superb presentation as always!!

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  18. Good u had loads of fun.. the blogging world missed u :).. i love HP too.. heard about the ladoo s goodness yet to taste them though


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  19. Super yummy, and the clicks are fabulous....

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  20. I'm so jealous... you went to the Harry Potter world!!! I'm a huge fan and keep cribbing about the void in my life without anymore books to look forward to in the series :D
    The laddoos look like besan ke laddoo!never heard of urad dal used this way... very innovative.

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  21. Healthy and delicious laddus...glad to know that you had a great time at Florida.

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  22. happy to know you had a nice time ... I was actually missing your nice comments.. never tried laddoos with urad dal.. it looks delicious

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  23. nice presentation, the ladoos look scrumptious ;-)

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  24. Those were cute n beautiful.. Just love it...

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  25. im so jealous! when i visited they harry potter theme park was still under construction, it is on my wish-list :) the laddus look yum

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  26. lovely looking laddoo's....nice presentation...and happy to hear that u had nice holiday.....


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  27. A popular sweet in Andhra but they make it with sugar and keep the powder ready. Whenever they have guests they mix it with ghee and serve fresh ladoos.

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  28. Nice to see ur pics in Food gawker. Keep the great work

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