Name: Malaadu recipe by Sudha Sridhar at BetterButter
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: Roasted black chickpea (Bhuna hua chana / Chutney dal) - 1 cup; Sugar - 3/4 cup; Clarified butter (ghee) - 3 - 4 tbsp; Green cardamom pods (Elaichi) - 2; Cashew nut - 2 tsp (roughly broken)

ABOUT Malaadu RECIPE

A tasty ladoo made out of roasted black chickpea with less ghee and a dieter's delight. This is a speciality of Tirunelvelli district in Tamil Nadu and is made during Diwali and marriages.

Recipe Tags

Veg
Easy
Diwali
Tamil Nadu
Roasting
Dessert
Healthy

Ingredients Serving: 4

Roasted black chickpea (Bhuna hua chana / Chutney dal) - 1 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Clarified butter (ghee) - 3 - 4 tbsp
Green cardamom pods (Elaichi) - 2
Cashew nut - 2 tsp (roughly broken)

Instructions

Dry roast the chickpea till it is golden brown in colour.
Grind it to a fine powder.
Powder the sugar and green cardamom.
Fry the cashew nut in some ghee and keep aside.
Mix all the above and add ghee.
Mix the ghee with a light hand and take a handful of the mixture and press tightly to bind it into a ball (ladoo)

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