Moong Dal Ladoo / Sunni Undalu

These are called “Pesara Sunni Undalu” in Telugu. Sunni Undalu is traditional Andhra sweet dish which is very simple and easy to prepare. We usually prepare these during festive seasons.

Ingredients:- (makes 20 medium ladoos )

• 2 cups yellow Moong Dal /SplitGreen Gram / Pesara Pappu
• 1 1/2 cup Sugar
• 1/2 cup Ghee /clarified Butter
• 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
• a pinch of nutmeg / jaiphal powder

Method:-

1) Dry roast moong dal until it turns equally reddish brown in color. Remove from heat and keep it aside to cool.

2) Powder the sugar in mixie and keep aside or use powdered sugar.

3) Grind the roasted moong dal into a fine powder in a mixie.

4) In a big bowl mix well moong dal powder ,powdered sugar ,cardamom powder and nutmeg powder.

5) Melt ghee and pour into the prepared mixture and mix well. When the mixture is still warm make ladoos out of it. Add hot ghee gradually if the mixture becomes dry and ladoos cannot be easily prepared.

6) Leave the ladoos on a plate to dry . These laddoos can be stored in an airtight container up to 20 days.

This recipe is reaching Purva's Festive Food Event.

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Sweets and Savouries Event hosted by Saraswati.