Moong Dal Laddu or Nei Urundai is a traditional speciality dessert of Tamil Nadu. This is a healthy and tasty snack. There are many names for pasi paruppu laddu, nei urundai and mavurundai etc. Moong dal laddu is made with protein-rich moong dal, sugar and ghee fried cashew nuts. There are many unhealthy snacks available in stores, but these types of healthy snacks can be made with items that are easily available at home and can be stored for up to 2 weeks. You can also add powdered jaggery instead of sugar if you prefer.

We can make different varieties of laddus, basen ladoo is made with roasted besan, sugar, and ghee. Coconut laddu is made with grated coconut, sugar syrup, and ghee. wheat flour laddu is also made in the same way. These are all easy and quick laddus. Apart from that, there are many other delicious laddus are boondi laddu and motichoor laddu, the most popular and traditional laddus of India.

Notes

• While preparing moong dal laddu roast the moong dal till a nice aroma comes out and is slightly golden otherwise there will be a raw smell.
• Reduce heat to low while frying moong dal. The lentils fry easily. So be careful to avoid burning.
• It is essential to make ladoo when the ghee is warm, add the warm ghee little by little to make perfect laddus.
• You can replace the sugar with jaggery, make it a fine powder, sift and add it with the moong dal flour.
• If you want the moong dal laddus to be thick and moist, you can add 3/4 cup of ghee.
• Instead of adding cardamom powder add 3 cardamoms with sugar in a mixing jar. Grind them with sugar for the fresh aroma of cardamom.

Other Varieties 

Boondi Laddu

Wheat Halwa

Milk Powder Gulab Jamun

Chocolate Burfi

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Moong Dal Laddu

Prep Time

10 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

20 mins

 

Moong Dal Laddu or Nei Urundai is a traditional speciality dessert of Tamil Nadu. This is a healthy and tasty snack. There are many names for pasi paruppu laddu, nei urundai and mavurundai etc. Moong dal laddu is made with protein-rich moong dal, sugar and ghee fried cashew nuts.

Course: Snack

Cuisine: Indian

Keyword: ketti urundai, laddu, nei urundai, pasiparuppu urundai

Servings: 15

Author: Sivagami Meganathan

Ingredients

• 1 cup Moong Dal
• 1 cup Sugar
• 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder
• 10 Cashewnuts
• 1/2 cup Ghee

Instructions

1. Roast 1 cup of moong dal until golden brown for 4-5 minutes or till a nice aroma comes out.

2. In a small pan, heat 1 tsp ghee and fry the chopped cashews and set aside.

3. Heat 1/2 cup ghee in the same pan and set aside.

4. Cool the roasted moong dal and grind finely.

5. Sieve to avoid lumps.

6. Add 1 cup of sugar to a mixer jar and make it a fine powder.

7. In a bowl mix together the moong dal powder and powdered sugar and add 1/2 tsp cardamom powder and roasted cashews.

8. Add in the warm ghee little by little, and mix the ghee with the mixture. 

9. Take 2 tbsp laddu mixture and press into small balls. Repeat with the remaining laddu mixture.

10. Store in an airtight container, which you can store for up to 10 -15 days.

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