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Maa Ladoo
Rare
Maa Ladoo - a sweet made from 'maa' (roasted gram flour) rolled into ladoos (balls)
Roasted kadalai powdered with sugar and elaichi, bound with warm ghee into soft laddus.
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AMMAMMA'S NOTES.
Puttukadalai
1
Rava
1/4th
Sugar
1
Cardamom Powder
1/4th
Raisins
a little
Ghee
as required
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Fry puttukadalaiFry puttukadalai till nice aroma comes. Then remove and add 1 spoon ghee and add rava and fry till it becomes golden brown.till nice aroma comes.
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Then remove and add 1 spoon ghee and add rava and fry till it becomes golden brown.In a mixie, grind puttukadalai and sugar to a fine powder.
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In a mixie grind puttukadalai and sugar to a fine powder. If rava is big then powder it also.If rava is big, then powder it also. If it is small, then add as it is.
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Mix sugar, rava and puttukadalai well and add cardamom powder.
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In a pan, add ghee and raisins. When raisins pop, add to the puttukadalai mix.
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Try to make laddus.Mix well. Try to make laddus. If it doesn't come, you can add more ghee and try to make laddu.
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Add ghee till your laddu comes perfect.
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GROWING UP, THE DAYS WE MADE LADOO WERE ALWAYS THE MOST SPECIAL. AMMAMMA WOULDN'T LET ME MAKE THE POWDER — THAT TASK WAS RESERVED FOR THE MORE WELL-VERSED — SO I'D PULL UP A STOOL JUST TALL ENOUGH TO REACH THE COUNTER AND ROLL TINY BALLS AS WELL AS I COULD, WITH THATHA CHECKING IN TO APPLAUD ANY MINISCULE PROGRESS.
YAMINI VENKATESAN
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