Week End Special Snack - How to Prepare Moog Dal Ladoo

Yellow Moong Dal Ladoo Recipe

Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 8
Main Ingredients: yellow moong dal sugar   


Ingredients/ Requirements

1. Yellow moong dal - 1 cup
2. Sugar - 3/4 cup, powdered (for a sweeter flavor add another 1/4 cup)
3. Milk powder - 4 tbsps (optional)
4. Crushed nuts of your choice - 2 tbsps (optional) {pista, almonds or cashew nuts}
5. Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
6. Ghee - 1/4 cup +1 tbsp, melted and lightly warm

Instructions

1. In a heavy bottomed vessel, add the yellow moong dal and dry roast on low to medium flame. Keep mixing the dal till it emits a nice aroma and turns a light golden color. Ensure that you roast the dal well as it is crucial to achieve a perfect flavored laddu. This could take at least 12 to 15 mts. Remove from heat and cool the roasted dal.
2. Once the dal comes to room temperature, grind it to a fine powder. Place this ground moong dal powder in a large bowl.
3. Add powdered sugar, milk powder, caradamom powder and crushed nuts to the bowl. Mix the contents till well combined. Keep aside.
4. Melt 1/4 cup ghee in a small pan and pour the warm ghee over the powdered dal mixture and mix well. Make small golf sized balls with the mixture. If the laddu is not holding shape, add one or two tbsps of melted ghee and mix well. Make laddus with rest of the mixture.
5. Store in an airtight container. The laddus will stay fresh for a fortnight.

Tips

1. I have used 3/4 cup sugar that is powdered which yields a mildly sweet laddu. Increase or decrease the sugar depending on how sweet you want the laddu.
2. The dal can be ground to a finely coarse powder similar to fine sand.
3. For a richer flavor and melt in the mouth texture, add 1/3 cup milk powder and increase ghee by 3 to 4 tbsps.
4. If the laddu has developed cracks and is dry, add more melted warm ghee.
5. For variation, you can add 1/4 cup dessicated coconut powder.
6. You can prepare laddus with whole green gram by following the above recipe. Just replace yellow moong dal with whole green gram.

Courtesy : SK