Aval Laddu Recipe | Poha Laddo Recipe | Aval Urundai Recipe
Aval laddu is also known as Poha ladoo or Aval urundai. It is a traditional Indian sweet made using poha, jaggery or sugar, ghee, milk and cardamom. This simple and quick sweet ladoo is especially popular in South Indian households during festivals like Krishna Jayanthi and Navaratri. These easy homemade aval ladoos are not only delicious but also healthy and suitable for kids, pregnant ladies and anyone who are looking for a light and energy rich sweet.
Equipment
- Blender
- Cooking pot
Ingredients
Aval Ladoo with Jaggery
- 1 cup Poha (Aval | Flattened Rice)
- ⅓ cup Jaggery powdered
- ¼ cup Fresh Coconut grated
- ¼ teaspoon Ground Cardamom
Aval Ladoo with Sugar
- 2 cups Poha (Aval | Flattened Rice)
- 1 cup Roasted Gram Dal (pottu kadalai)
- 1 cup Sugar
- ¼ cup Ghee
- 10 no Cashews broken into small piece
- 2 tablespoon Milk
- 1 teaspoon Ground Cardamom
Instructions
Poha Ladoo with Jaggery
- Take all ingredients in a blender and grind to a coarse mixture. Take small portions and shape into tight ladoo. Enjoy.
Poha Ladoo with Sugar
- Heat a teaspoon of ghee in a pan, Add in poha and roast for 3 mins till it turns golden, remove them to a blender and make it into a fine powder. Take them in a bowl.
- Now in the same blender, add roasted gram dal, sugar, cardamom pods and blend it to a fine powder. Add this to the poha powder and mix well.
- Heat ghee in the same pan and add in cashews, roast it till golden, pour this ghee over the poha mix and give a mix using your hands.
- Now sprinkle some milk and mix well. Take small portion and shape it into ladoos. If you find it difficult to make ladoos add some more milk. Serve.
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Notes
Tips for Poha Ladoo with Jaggery
- You can roast poha slightly for added flavour.
- Powdered jaggery can be added as per your taste.
- The binding ingredients in this is fresh coconut. The moisture is important to shape ladoo.
- And this ladoo cannot be stored long, so make fresh and enjoy. you can store leftovers in fridge.
Tips for Poha Ladoo with Sugar
- Since this has milk, it has to be stored in fridge and it will stay good for 2 to 3 days.
- If you want to store it for more days and in room temp. then add some more ghee for shaping balls, don't add milk.
- Grind the ingredients in small batches if your blender is small to get a fine and even powder.
- Don’t overuse milk. Just moist the mixture
- For the smoother texture sieve the powdered mixture once before adding ghee.
- Shape the ladoos with firm pressure so they don’t crumble later.
- Mix dry ingredients thoroughly before adding ghee to ensure even taste and texture.
Nutrition
Serving: 1servingsCalories: 213kcalCarbohydrates: 37gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 21mgPotassium: 31mgFiber: 0.4gSugar: 34gVitamin A: 239IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 10mgIron: 1mg
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