Moong Dal Laddu | How to make Pesara Pappu Ladoo | Diwali Sweets | Step by Step Recipes

Blogging Marathon Edition 9 starts today with about 24 bloggers joining me these two weeks. I had given a month's break during September for the Navaratri pooja. I was glad knowing that Blogging Marathon was missed. I had spent sometime thinking over the themes and wanted to make sure that the themes are interesting to make the bloggers think out of box. I also wanted to make sure we cook for the Diwali that's coming round the corner.

Kid's Delight this month is hosted by Harini, themed on Dressing up leftovers for Kids. Hope you can dish out something interesting for the event.

But before venturing into the post, I wanted to share some heartbreaking news. It's been on my mind, but unconsciously refused to think about it, hoping it will not be true. Jayasree Satish, a very dear friend and a wonderful blogger passed away. She was so active and enthusiastically participated in all the events I held.  Above all, she was a person I felt one can get to be friends on the first meeting. I am so sad that I never could meet her. When she first joined Blogging Marathon, she had such kind words for the entire concept. I will be missing her and I am sure she would have enjoyed this edition also. This edition is going to be a tribute to her and her wonderful cooking.

Coming to the recipe for the day, this is a dish that Amma makes. It's wonderful to know that you can make such delicious laddos with common ingredients. I would like to thank my cousin for helping us out with in making this dish..

Moong Dal Laddu | Pesara Pappu Ladoo ~ Step by Step pictures

Dry roast the moong dal and cool

 In a mixer, sieve it to a fine powder, repeat this couple of times till you get a fine powder.

Powder cardamon with sugar to a get cardamon powder.

 All the ingredients in one place.

 In a non stick pan, heat ghee, dry roast the nuts, remove and then roast the freshly grated coconut.

 Then add powdered jaggary.

 After few minutes, the jaggary will start melting.

 Slowly add the powdered moong dal and mix.

Finally add the roasted nuts.

Pesara papu Ladoo | Moong Dal Laddoo

Yellow Split Moong dal - 1 cup
Fresh coconut, grated  - 2 cups
Jaggary - 1 cup
Roasted Cashew nuts, Almonds, Raisins - 2 tbsp
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Cardamon powder a pinch

How to make Pesara papu Ladoo | Moong Dal Laddoo

Dry roast the moong dal and grind to fine powder.

Heat a non stick pan with ghee and roast the dry fruits. Roast well and keep it aside.

Grate coconut and roast the coconut in ghee. Add jaggary and it will melt by the heat. After a while the jaggary will start to melt and bubbles will start to form. Switch off the flame.

Then add the roasted moong dal and mix well. Add the roasted nuts.

Allow it to cool down a bit, then make into balls.

Notes: You need not worry about making the balls when it is still hot, you can allow it to cool a bit and then make balls.

Sending this to the following events:


Suma, who is hosting my favorite event MLLA# 40, an event started by Susan

Gayathri  who is hosting 'Only'- Sweets and Desserts, an event started by Pari
Serve it - Festival Potluck hosted by Krithi and Danny 

Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#9

Rice Flour Laddos | Biyam Pindi Laddos

We have no dearth of festivals and each one come with its own set of savories and sweets that are prepared specially for the occasion. With the Festival of lights, its more general, you have the liberty to prepare whatever you want. From childhood, I remember being actively involved and looking forward to what Amma would make for the day. Those days she used to make so much as we used to distribute to the entire neighborhood. Plus you get to taste their treats. It really used to be such a fun time.

Slowly the traditions gave way to store bought treats as we saw that we can now get a wide variety of stuff which we otherwise may not be able to make at home. Though for sharing with neighbors we order outside, we still have something to be prepared at home. For such occasions, laddos made with different ingredients are really the best choice.

The traditional laddos made with besan batter will be out of order, but you can still make quick ladus with just about anything. This quick laddos are made with Rice flour and jaggary. You can also make them with sugar. The choice is yours entirely but these are really super fast!

These laddos are made with Homemade Rice flour, where the rice is soaked, shade dried and ground. But you can make it with ready made flour too.

Rice Flour Sweet Balls ~ Biyam Pindi Laddos

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Making Time: 10 minutes
Makes: 10 ping pong sized balls
Shelf Life:Can be stored for a week in a container

Ingredients:
Rice Flour - 1 cup
Grated Jaggary - 1 cup
Cardamom powder a pinch
Roasted Mixed dry nuts - 1/2 cup (opt)
Ghee - 1 tsp

Method to prepare:

• Wash and soak the rice for 10 mins. Shade dry it for 30 mins or till its almost dry. Grind it to a fine powder in your mixer jar. Sieve to get a fine powder.
• Grate the jaggary and mix with the rice flour. Run it again in the mixer jar. With the moist in the jaggary you will get a thick mass.
• Remove to a bowl, mix in the cardamom powder, mix well.
• If you are adding the nuts, break them into tiny bits, and roast them in 1 tsp of ghee. The more crunchy they taste better.
• Add the roasted nuts to the rice and jaggary mix. Gather as balls of ping pong size ones.
• Press hard to make them hold together. Store in an air tight box if something is left!

Notes:

1. Ready made flour might also work out well. But it might be little too dry. So you can use jaggary that is little moist.
2. Since we are adding the jaggary directly you can't remove the impurities that will be present. I haven't tried out other ways of making it. But ensure I buy that modeled ones which doesn't have sand in it.
3. It is better to get the rice flour ready and then mix, else the mixture might become runny

Check out the Blogging Marathoners doing BM#5 along with me  
Curry in a hurry under 30 min: Cool Lassi(e), Harini, Kalyani, Priya Mahadevan, Suma
Seven Days of Colorful Dishes Kid's Special: Priya Suresh, Veena,
Seven Days of Indian Sweets: Shylaja, Srivalli  
Seven Days of Regional Specials: Priya Yallapantula  
Under 15 mins Quick Breakfast:Aarthi, Vaishali

Coconut Groundnut Sesame Balls | Kobari Senega Ginjalu Nuvvulu Laddo

Well the name got too long is what I finally thought for a laddo that was quite small and compact. I actually wanted to leave with the English name of this dish. But couldn't miss out the chance of expanding my knowledge of writing Telugu names for the ingredients I use. Laddos are quite frequent at our home, with us making a quick fix based on the need of the hour. These laddos were something I made first when I went for the bloggers meet some months ago. Even though we had the plans well fixed in advance, last minute work kept me from making what I had planned. So I asked Athamma what was the quickest sweet that I can take for my friends and she suggested I make this.

I wasn't sure how much my friends liked it. But Kamakshi wrote back asking me for the recipe, I was happy knowing they liked the laddos.

Today we start the Blogging Marathon Edition 5, which is going to happen for three weeks with about 13 bloggers doing each week. As you may have read we had some exciting themes this time too. I planned to make sweets for the first week. So stay tuned for the sweet attack.

How to make the laddos

Roast the ingredients separately and allow to cool.

Grind them to coarse or smooth texture according to your taste.

Roll them into small balls using your hand like this.

Get a perfect Laddo done in the end!

Coconut Groundnut Sesame Balls


Ingredients Needed:

Roasted Coconut, grated - 4 cups
roasted Groundnut, - 1 cup
Sesame - 1 cup
Jaggary - 2 cups
Cardomom pw - 5 pods
Ghee - 2 tsp


Method to prepare:

Roast coconut, groundnut and sesame separately, except cardamon

Allow to cool, once they are cool grind all the ingredients separately to coarse consistency

Pound the jaggary to powder. Finally mix everything together and add hot ghee. if you find the ingredients very coarse, pulse them together for them to get glued.

Using your palm, roll them into balls and press well so that they retain their shape.

Check out the Blogging Marathoners doing BM#5 along with me

Curry in a hurry under 30 min: Cool Lassi(e), Harini, Kalyani, Priya Mahadevan, Suma  
Seven Days of Colorful Dishes Kid's Special: Priya Suresh, Veena,  
Seven Days of Indian Sweets: Shylaja, Srivalli  
Seven Days of Regional Specials: Priya Yallapantula  
Under 15 mins Quick Breakfast:Aarthi, Vaishali