Kesari and maladoo were regulars in my kitchen. In my attempt to cut down on the calories, I have shifted to making sweets which uses jaggery for sweetener instead of white sugar. Jaggery based sweets will need very little or no ghee. And you get a healthy and tasty sweet. I chanced upon Anisheetu's recipe similar to maladoo and jaggery in the ingredient list caught my attention. I made a mental note of the ingredients and the method. Here is the recipe which I followed.
Ingredients
Pottukadali/pori kadala/roasted gram dal - 1 cup
Grated jaggery - 3/4 cup
Grated coconut - 2 tblsn
Ghee - 2 tblspn
Powdered cardamom - 1/2 tspn
Cashew/Raisins - few (optional)
Method
Lightly roast the pottukadalai. Powder it finely. Roast coconut till light brown. Alternatively you can MW the grated coconut for 1 minute or so.
Heat ghee in a pan, Roast cashews and raisins. Add powdered jaggery and melt it. No need to add water. Since the jaggery is grated, it melts easily in the ghee. When it starts bubbling, stir in powdered gram dal, roasted coconut and cardamom powder. Remove from fire. Mix well and make balls when warm. It tasted good and fits the bill for a low calorie, tasty sweet.
Time taken - 15 minutes
Yields - 14 medium sized ladoos.
I am sending this to Srivalli's Mithai Mela and Mahima's Under 15 minutes Cooking
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good one jayasree.. i just bought some pottukadali to make maladdo for my son..will try this and your sattumavu laddoos soon..
ReplyDeleteJust the thought of bitting into one of those delicous ladoos make me drool.
ReplyDeleteJaysree,looks awesome..the presentation is so elegant that feel like having a cup of tea and come to you...lol
ReplyDeleteI remember this one, my Mysore ajji used to make it. They are so tender and tasty. Looks great Jaya, haven't eaten these in a long time, brought back memories! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is my bro's fav, My grandma makes this for him always... I am not a big fan of this and havent tried this too... After seeing your pic I feel like having one..
ReplyDeleteThats my husband fav lovely picture too
ReplyDeleteMy grandma do this often, brings me loads of memories...looks delicious!
ReplyDeleteSomething new to me.....Looks yummy...
ReplyDeletegood one dear
ReplyDeletea ladoo in under 15 minutes..good one
ReplyDeleteMaalaadoos are among my favourite laddoos and I like your variation with jaggery. And so little ghee. I shall try it one of these days.
ReplyDeleteAre you able to shape the laddoos with so little ghee? Does the jaggery have to boil to a "paaghu"?
Remember having in childhood almost forgotten recipe, good!
ReplyDeleteLooks so yummy Jaya! Love to have one :)
ReplyDeleteSowmya, do try and let me know how u liked it.
ReplyDeleteHC, thanks.
Ann, you are most welcome.
Ashakka, I understand its a traditional sweet. It was indeed very tasty.
Ramya, do try it. our tastes keep changing and now you may like it too.
Thank you all for your lovely comments.
ReplyDeleteAparna, No Paaghu for vellam. Since the jaggery is melted in ghee and no water added, the syrup is thick. And you can comfortably shape into ladoos as we do for poruvalangai.
maladoo looks very interesting, never tried making one..., i do not like sweets much, but my hubby & daughter have a sweet tooth !!, i must try making them....lovely click too....
ReplyDeletelovely laddooos.. looks yummy
ReplyDeleteLoved the idea of adding jaggery to the laddoss.
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious
ReplyDeleteLooks really nice...must try making these for my little one...he loves laddoos...and those sattumaavu ladoos look very interesting too...
ReplyDeleteadding jaggery to Maladdo is agreat idea looks so yum
ReplyDeleteMaaladu is my fav..Looks yumm and its healthy too :)
ReplyDeleteI love low cal laddos! I myself have always been trying to make laddus from jaggery and other low-cal ingredients like roasted gram, puffed rice, etc; so I can satisfy my sweet cravings, guilt-free!
ReplyDeleteMy grandmother used to make something similar to this with jaggery but did not bother to know how it was prepared the jaggery ratio etc. She used toasted rice powder. I tried once and messed it up. Let me try the measurement you have given in that recipe. Thanks Jayasree.
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