Wish you all a very
Happy Diwali!!!
This Diwali with all
type of common 'Pharal', I had planned to try some different type of sweets or
savory items. As my daughter is too small, I managed to try out this in her
afternoon nap timing.
This is a typical
Maharashtrian recipe. My Friend, Sonali used to do this Ladoo very Nicely. It tastes really awesome and definitely
very different than a normal Besan Ladoo. Must try recipe for This Diwali…...
Ingredients
Chana dal - 4 cups
Pure Ghee - 2 cup
Sugar - 3,1/2 cups
Water - 1,1/2cup
Milk - 1/2 cup
Saffron - 1/2
teaspoon
Cardamom Powder - 1
teaspoon
Almond chips - 2 teaspoon
Procedure
Wash & soak
chana dal for 4-5 hours. Then grind it to a coarse paste. It should not a very soft paste.
Heat
Pure ghee in heavy bottom pan. Now add
grinded dal to it. Stir it continuously
on low flame. It may take an hour or so . Dal
should get golden colour with nice aroma.
You have to take precaution while doing it. Dal should not stick to
the bottom, so it should be on low flame only. Now remove it from burner.
In a nonstick
pan take sugar and water to make a syrup. Boil it till you get 2 strands
consistency (2tari pak in Marathi). You can easily make out two strings when
you take a little drop of syrup in your two finger's tip (pressing and then
separating from each other). Syrup is ready.
Now add milk,
saffron and cardamom powder to it and mix wel.
Then add roasted chana dal paste in it. And mix it neatly till bottom.
Cover it and keep aside for 2 hours so that dal will absorbs all the syrup.
Then Make
Ladoos of any size you want. I made
small size ladoos. So I got 45 ladoos from this mixture. Tasting really yummy
& very soft :-P.
