Sweets - Laddo - Moongdal Laddu / Peara Sunnudalu

Sweets - Laddo - Pesara Sunnudalu

Sweets - Gaarelu - Pesara Poornam Boorelu

Pesara Poornam Boorelu

Ingredients Quantity Oil To Deep Fry Stuffing Quantity Moong dal 1 Cup Sugar 1 Cup Dry Coconut Powder 1/2 Cup Elachi Powder Batter for Coating Maida 1/2 Cup

Serving 4 Preparation Time 20 mins Cooking Time 1 hr mins

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1. Prepare moongdal Idli's. Click here to know how to prepare.
2. In a cup of water add sugar and keep for sugar syrup. Syrup should be light consistency.
3. Add coconut powder and elachi powder and mix well.
4. Mash the idli's without lumps. Add the powder to the syrup and mix well. Switch off the flame and let it become cool.
5. Mean while in a bowl add maida and water to prepare batter like dosa. Once the moondal mixture becomes cool, prepare small shape laddo's with that.
6. Keep oil pan ready. Now dip the laddo's in the maida batter and drop them in hot oil. Cook for 3-5 mins and drain the oil.

1. You can use dosa batter or wheat batter instead of maida.
2. Watch out more Gaarelu/Boorelu Recipes.
3. Try more recipes with Moong Dal or Maida or Sooji or Coconut.

Sweets - Laddo - Urad Dal Dry Fruit Jaggary Laddo

Urad Dal Dry Fruit Jaggary Laddo

Ingredients Quantity Urad Dal 1 Cup Jaggary powder 1 Cup Cashew Nuts 1/2 Cup Almonds 1 Cup Ghee 1 Cup Elachi Powder 1 Tsp

Serving 2 Preparation Time 10 mins Cooking Time 20 mins

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1. Wash urad dal several times till the water runs clear. be quick do not let the dal soak up. Drain the water and spread it on a clean, thick cotton cloth and pat dry or rub the cloth against the dal. Immediately heat a heavy bottom pan and roast this dal on high for 4 to 5 mins and then on a medium flame till the dal turns crunchy. keep stirring to prevent burning. if burnt the ladoos do not taste good. once cool, powder dal in the mixer to as smooth as possible.
2. In the same pan dry roast few nuts and blend them into fine powder.
3. Add jaggery, cardamom powder,urad dal powder and run the mixer till all blends well.
4. Add ghee to the pan and roast the remaining nuts. Roast them till they turn to light golden color.
5. Pour the ghee over the powder, mix well and make ladoos immediately. Do not pour the ghee at once; add little by little as and when needed and warm up if it is not warm as it helps to cut down the ghee.

1. if you desire to make this in large quantity, you can mill the roasted dal to flour and store it in an air tight conatiner, When needed just add sugar and ghee and make the balls.
2. if you are conscious to use ghee, you can make balls using milk.But must be consumed immediately.
3. This can be used to prepare a cereal for babies above 1 year old. soak the flour in water for atleast 1 hr and cook till fully done.add jaggery and ghee at the end.
4. Check more Laddo Recipes .
5. Try more recipes with Urad Dal or Jaggary.

Gaarelu - Moongdal Coconut Gaarelu

Moongdal Coconut Gaarelu

Ingredients Quantity Moongdal 1 Cup Fresh Coconut 1/2 Cup Sugar 1 Cup Cardomom Powder Pinch Ghee 3 Tbsp Oil To Deep Fry

Serving 2 Soaking Time 2 hrs Preparation Time 10 mins Cooking Time 15 mins

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1. Soak moong dal 2 hrs and grind it to a fine paste.
2. Keep a vessel in high flame and add all other ingredients to the moongdal. Add 1 - 1/2 cup of water to it.
3. When the mixture starts thicken slow the flame and keep stirring continuously. Add the dry fruits,cardomom and ghee. Mix well altogether.
4. Spread the mixture on a wet cloth eventually and let it become cool.
5. Once it is cool cut them into pieces as you like.
6. Meanwhile add oil to the skillet. Once the oil is heat, drop the pieces slowly into the pan. Fry them till they turn into golden in color.

1. Watch out more Gaarelu/Boorelu Recipes.
2. Check more recipes with Moong Dal or Coconut.

Sweets - Boorelu/Gaarelu - Pesara Boorelu

Pesara Boorelu

Ingredients Quantity Moongdal 2 Cups Ura dal 1/2 Cup Rice 1 Cup Honey 1/4 Cup

Serving 4 Preparation Time 20 mins Soaking Time 1-2hrs Cooking Time 15 mins

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1. Take a pressure cooker add washed moong dal and 2 cups of water ,put for 5 whistles. When u press the moong dal it should be hard but it should be cooked.Its important not to over cook the dal. Drain all the water in a bowl by using a colander. Now add honey to it and transfer into a grinder. Add elachi powder,grated coconut mix it well. Make into small round balls as shown. Keep it aside.
2. Soak urad dal and rice for an hr. Grind them into a batter and enough water to make a batter. The batter should have the consistency not thin or thick in medium so that it will leave a coating on the moong dal balls.
3. Heat a thick bottom Paddu's maker kadai for cooking. Once the kadai is hot,turn to sim,then dip each ball in the maida batter.Ensure its coated on all sides.
4. Then gently drop them into the holes of kadai. Fry till golden brown and crunchy.
5. Turn and cook on other side.

1. Check more recipes with Moongdal.
2. Try more Boorelu/Gaarelu Recipes.

Sweets - Rice - Dry Dates Pongali / Karjura Pongali

Dates Pongali

Ingredients Quantity Rice 1 Cup Moong Dal 3/4 Cup Fresh Coconut 1/4 Cup Dates 2 Cups Milk 2 Cups Dry Nuts Few Elachi Powder 1 tsp Honey 2 Tbsp

Method :

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1. Dry roast moong dhal until nice aroma rises, Keep aside. In a pan dry roast cashews and coconut one by one until golden brown.
2. Wash and soak dates in hot water for at least for 2 hours. Blend ot to a fine paste by adding little hot water. Dry roast the nuts and coocnut.
3. Pressure cook moong dhal, rice,milk(1 Cup) with water(1 Cup) for 3 whistles in medium flame, mush it up a laddle once and set aside. Mix them well before cook.
4. Add remaining milk and allow it to boil. Combine well,cardamom powder and roasted coconut and cashews and give a quick stir. Once its semi thick switch off the flame. Add dates paste and honey. Combine well till the paste is coated all over the rice.

Tips :

1. Adding saffron is purely optional but will give a richer taste.
2. Adding more milk and cooking the pongal in milk gives a yummy taste.