Nei Urundai ( Moong Dal Laddu )

Nei Urundai / Moong Dal Ladoo is a very healthy sweet, especially for kids and also easy to prepare. Trust me kids will surely like this sweet. Moong dal is a good source of low-fat protein and high in dietary fiber. Containing a broad array of essential vitamin & minerals, it is also rich in potassium, calcium, folate & vitamin B. Now lets get into the preparation of this nutritious sweet.
 Nei Urundai Recipe

Preparation time : 15 mins | Cooking time : 7 mins | Serves : 4
Recipe Category : Sweet | Recipe Cuisine : South Indian

Ingredients

Moong Dal - 3/4 cup
Roasted gram dal - 1/4 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Cardamom - 2 pinches
Cashews - few
Melted ghee - 1/4 cup + 2 tbsp

Method 

1. In a pan add a tsp of ghee and fry the cashews till it turns golden brown. Set aside.

2. In the same pan, dry roast moong dal in low medium flame till it turns golden brown and a nice aroma comes. Allow it to cool and grind it to a fine powder.

3. Same way dry roast the roasted gram dal till it slightly turns brown and grind it to a fine powder.

4. Grind sugar to a fine powder.

5. Sieve moong dal powder, roasted gram dal powder and sugar all together to discard the grainy particles and transfer them to a bowl.

6. Now add the fried cashews & cardamom powder to the powdered items in the bowl and mix them all evenly.

7. Heat the ghee and add it little by little to the dal powders and mix them well with a laddle. Allow it to rest until it becomes warm. And shape them into laddus.

These laddus keep well for 2 weeks at room temperature.

Points to be noted

• Be careful while roasting the dals, take care not to burn them.
• Add ghee little by little to form laddus. If you are able to form laddus then stop adding ghee.