Ellu Urundai | Sesame Seed Ladoo | Ladoo Recipe

Ellu Urundai, a delicious sesame seed balls sweetened with jaggery syrup. I have been thinking of posting this recipe for a very long time and yesterday when I was browsing through pinterest, I found out that the ellu urundai is one of the dishes prepared for ganesh chathurthi. 

In our family, we make kozhukattai/mothagam and sundal for ganesh chathurthi, never remember of making ellu urundai on this particular day, later when i talked to Amma, she mentioned that even in some part of tamilnadu, ellu urundai is prepared for ganesh chathurthi. 

With all that being said, thought it's the right time to post this recipe since ganesh chathurthi is just a few days away, today morning i have prepared this ellu urundai. It's such a simple recipe to make in no time during this festive season.

Now coming to the recipe, the cooking part of making this ellu urundai is so simple if you got the correct syrup consistency. When it comes to shaping them, I find it a little difficult to bear the heat. 

If you're like me who can't bear the heat and have sensitive hands(the heat from the jaggery syrup would easily burn the palm slightly, nothing to scare but still it hurts a little.), I would suggest making them as burfi instead of balls.

Once the mixture is ready, pour it on the greased plate and let it cool for mins and then you can cut into desired shape.Now let's see how to make this delicious sesame ladoo.

Ellu Urundai | Sesame Seed Ladoo

Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 10 mins | Makes : 8  
Recipe Category: Sweet | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Ellu Urundai, Sesame Seed Ladoo, Sesame Seed Balls Ellu Urundai, a delicious sesame seed balls sweetened with jaggery syrup.

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Ingredients
Sesame Seed - 1/4 cup
Jaggery - 1/4 cup
Cardamom -1 
Water - 1/4 cup

Procedure

First heat a pan and dry roast the sesame seed until it starts to burst, remove it from the heat and transfer into the plate.

In the same pan, add the jaggery and water and let the jaggery melts completely.

Strain the jaggery syrup to remove the impurities and pour the syrup back into the pan(make sure to clean the pan before using) and add powdered cardamom & bring into boil again.

Once the syrup starts to bubble, pour few drops of syrup in the water and check the consistency.

The syrup should form a soft ball consistency, that means you can take the syrup from the water and able to form a ball. That's the correct stage, add the roasted sesame seed and mix it well.

Within few seconds, it forms together a ball, remove from the heat and start making small balls.

Tada, Yummy Sesame balls/ Ellu Urundai is ready.

Related: How to make Poori Urundai / Puffed Rice Balls

Notes:

• The syrup consistency is important to form the ball shape, so keep the flame in low when the syrup is about to reach the consistency to make sure that you don't miss the correct stage.
• Apply a few drops of ghee in your hands, it will helps to roll smoothly.
• You must roll them when the mixture is hot, if you can't bear the heat, simply layer it on the tray and cut into pieces.
• Instead of white sesame seed, you can used black sesame seed also.
  

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Rava Coconut Ladoo | Rava Ladoo | Ladoo Recipe

Rava Coconut Ladoo, a delicious and easy to make ladoos with semolina and coconut. Rava ladoo is one of ST's favorite sweets and the only sweet he asks me to make often. So far,apart from the regular rava ladoo, I have tried quite few variations like making them using condensed milk and  sugar syrup without ghee. Each one has its unique taste & texture.

And this rava coconut ladoo is my recent favorite in this rava ladoo series. In general, I love anything with coconut in it and coconut gives nice aroma and taste to this ladoo. If you like me who loves coconut, give this method a try next time when you make rava ladoo.

While making this ladoo, make sure to roast both rava and coconut until they are aromatic, that makes a lot of difference in both taste and texture wise. So far I have made this ladoo for a handful of times and in every time, the amount of ghee needed varies slightly plus or minus 2 tsp of ghee. 

Therefore add ghee little by little and stop when it starts holding shape, even if it doesn't hold shape after using all the ghee, you can add more ghee or simply use a couple of tsp of warm milk or water. Milk actually reduces the shelf life of the ladoo, so if you're making this ladoo in large quantities, I would recommend sprinkling a couple of tsp of warm water to hold the shape. It doesn't affect the taste at all. Now let's check out how to make this delicious rava coconut ladoos.

Rava Coconut Ladoo Recipe

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 15 mins | Serves : 8 
Recipe Category: Sweet | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Rava Ladoo, Rava Coconut Ladoo, Easy Ladoo Recipe, Indian Sweet, Diwali Sweet,Semolina Ladoo,Semolina Sweet Rava Coconut Ladoo, a delicious and easy to make ladoos with semolina and coconut.

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Ingredients
Rava/Sooji - 1/2 cup
Grated Coconut - 2 tbsp
Sugar - 1/3 cup
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Ghee - 2 to 3 tbsp 
Cashew - 5

Procedure

Heat a tsp of ghee in a frying pan, add rava and start roasting the rava.

Roast until the rava is aromatic, remove from the heat and transfer to the plate, in the same plate, add the grated coconut.

Roast till it slightly started to changes to its color, remove from the heat and transfer to the plate. Now add the remaining ghee in the pan and heat it.

Broke the cashews into pieces and add into it. Roast until it becomes golden. Switch off the flame. In a mixie jar, add the sugar and powder it.

Next add the rava and coconut into it and pulse it couple of time until it all mix together.

Transfer into the bowl, add the cardamon powder and the ghee along with roasted cashews.

Mix it all together and start making ladoos. 

Yummy Rava Coconut Ladoos are ready. For more yummy sweet recipes, check out here.

Related : How to make Boondi Ladoo 

Related : How to make  Sugar Free Dates Nuts Ladoo 

Notes:

• No need to powder the rava, just give a couple of pulses until it all mix together.
• The ghee should be hot, so that it holds the ladoo in shape well.
• If the ladoo shape doesn't hold well, you can add a couple of tsp of boiled milk/warm water.
  

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Urad Dal Laddo with Jaggery | Sunnundalu | Ulunthu Ladoo Recipe

Urad dal ladoo, a delicious and healthy ladoo made from the unskinned urad dal and jaggery. Ever since i knew about this ladoo through social media, i wanna try this at home because basically i love urad dal and its flavor, so i knew that this was my kind of ladoo. Finally today i give it a try and as expected it's so good with wonderful flavor and texture. Definitely it's gonna be a keeper recipe. 

After six months of moving here and there, finally we moved into a apartment last week here at Canada. Things are getting settled slowly and i will post regularly hereafter. And this is the first recipe that i have tried here for blog sake and want to make something sweet, that's the main reason for making this ladoo today. Glad that i tried, really it's awesome on every bite. So if you're looking for healthy ladoos, definitely this urad dal ladoo is one among them and it's ideal for growing kids too. 

Urad Dal Laddo with Jaggery

Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 10 mins | Serves : 15 
Recipe Category: Sweet | Recipe Cuisine: Indian
Urad dal ladoo, urad dal jaggery ladoo, sunnundalu, ulunthu ladoo, diwali recipes,indian sweet Urad dal ladoo, a delicious and healthy ladoo made from the urad dal, jaggery and ghee.

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Ingredients
Urad dal - 1 cup
Jaggery - 1/2 cup(heaped)
Rice - 1 tbsp
Ghee - 1/4 cup
Cardamom - 2

Procedure

Heat a pan and add the urad dal. Start roasting when it slightly changes its color, add the rice.

Roast till nice aroma comes from it and also it becomes golden brown. It may take 8-10 mins on medium flame.Remove from the flame and transfer to the bowl to avoid further browning.Let it cool down completely and then add the dal into the mixie jar. 

Next add the cardamom, grind into coarse powder and then add the jaggery.

Grind into fine powder and transfer into a vessel . Heat the ghee and add into the dal mixture.

Mix it well with your hands and make ladoos out of it.

That's it, Tasty & healthy Urad dal ladoos are ready.  

Related : How to make Rava Coconut Ladoo

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Related : How to make Besan Ladoo

Notes:

• Make sure to use the good quality jaggery, if the jaggery has any impurities then make a syrup with little amount of water, strain and use it. In that case, you may not need the mentioned amount of ghee or no ghee at all. That too tastes good.
• Dont grind the dal mixture into too fine,it makes the ladoo sticky while eating.
• Adding rice helps to avoid the sticky texture of the ladoo.
  

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