Kurmura Laddoo

Its holiday season and kids always want some snack. My daughter loves sweet and always asks for chocolate. Its really difficult to say no everytime so I prepared these laddoos....




Ingredients

1 cup Jaggery

1/2 cup water

150gms of Kurmura (puffed rice/murmura)

2tsp cardamom powder

Method

1. Grate or make small pieces of jaggery and take in a heavy bottom vessel. Add water in it and then let it boil.

2. Boil it for around 5-10 min and then when the syrup starts to become thick then take a little water in a dish and put a drop of the syrup in it. Leave for 2 seconds and then check if it forms a balls at once then the syrup is done.

3. Add cardamom powder and mix. Then add puffed rice and mix everything well.

4. Wet your palms a bit and then make balls of the mixture.

Tip: You can add roasted peanuts in the jaggery syrup to make peanut laddoo. Or even mix peanut and puffed rice in equal quantity (75gms peanuts and 75gms puffed rice) and make peanut puffed rice laddoo.

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Raagi Laddu

This is the first time I have tried making this... had heard a lot from some friends that these laddus are nice and nutritious... especially for those who have a heat in the body... raagi or Nachani as they call it in marathi is very good for health in the summer season... the measurements are all my own judgements.. you can vary as per your taste....

Ingredients
Raagi/ Nachni Flour 2 cups
Pure Ghee 1 1/2 cups (may vary)
Icing Sugar 1 1/2 cups (or as per taste)
Cardamom powder 1 tsp
Nutmeg powder 1 tsp


Method
1. In a non stick pan put the raagi flour and start adding the ghee 1 spoon at a time and fry the flour till it changes its colour a bit and starts giving aroma. Add ghee until the consistency till you feel it is enough to make laddoos.
2. Remove from fire and transfer it in another vessel. Let the temperature come down slightly. When it is warm add sugar, cardamom powder and nutmeg powder. If wanted you can add pieces of cashew and almonds.
3. Mix well and then make laddoos out of it.

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Rava Laddoo

I always used to think of making rava laddoos.. but was very scared as the way my mom makes it is a bit difficult.. she makes the sugar syrup then add the roasted rava to it then makes the laddoos.. the consistency of sugar syrup has to be just right.... so i never tried rava laddoos.. Few days back one of my friend had brought rava laddoo in the office.. wow they were wonderful... so I asked her how did she make it.. and the recipie she told me was so simple... so I also decided to prepare it the same way... and the result was yum yum yum......

Ingredients

2 cups fine semolina (Rava)

1 cup chick pea flour (Besan)

1 cup clarified butter (ghee)

1 1/2 cup icing sugar (or adjust according to sweetness)

all nuts (cashew, almonds, raisins etc...)

1 1/2 tsp nutmeg powder

1 1/2 tsp cardamom powder

Method

1. Mix rava, besan and 2-3 tbsp ghee together and rub nicely. Leave it for 1/2 an hr.

2. In a heavy bottomed vessel put the rava mixture and roast it nicely adding the remaining ghee little by little.

3. Roast on medium flame till there is nice aroma and the mixture changes colour. (about 20-30 min)

4. Remove in a flat plate and let it cool for about 10-15 min.

5. When it is warm add icing sugar, all nuts, cardamom powder and nutmeg powder.

6. Make laddoos and serve them next day. As the sweetness of the sugar will mix very nicely.

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