Motichur Laddu With Chana Dal And Without Boondi

 Motichur laddu / Motichur ladoo is a homemade soft and sweet ladoo made with chana dal and sugar without making boondi and without adding food colour. Motichur Laddu With Chana dal and Without Boondi recipe is given below with step by step photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Motichur Laddu With Chana dal And Without Boondi.

Ingredients:-

Chana dal.              -1 cup
Sugar.                     -1 cup
Water.                     -1/2 cup
Cashew nut pieces. -2 tbsp
Ghee.                      -2 tbsp
Oil.                         -for deep frying

Instructions:-

1). Wash and soak chana dal (bengal gram dal) in sufficient water for 4 hours. Drain and add the soaked chana dal in a mixer grinder.

2). Grind the soaked chana dal to a thick and coarse paste in batches.

Method:-

1). Heat oil in a deep frying kadai. Once the oil is hot take a lemon size portion of the coarsely ground chana dal paste in your hand and drop it into hot oil.Stir them in hot oil occasionally with a slotted spoon and deep fry till golden brown on medium flame.Fry the chana dal vadas in hot oil in small batches.

2). Remove the fried chana dal vadas from hot oil and transfer to a tissue paper to absorb excess oil. 

3). Break the fried chana dal vadas into small pieces and put them in mixer grinder.

4). Coarsely pulse the fried chana dal vada pieces in mixer grinder in batches.

5). Transfer the coarsely pulsed chana dal vada mixture to a bowl.

6). Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a non stick pan and fry cashew nut pieces in ghee till golden brown and keep them on a plate. Add coarsely pulsed fried vada mixture into the pan.Stir the vada mixture and roast in ghee on medium flame for 3 minutes. Switch off the flame.

7). Heat a non stick pan and add 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup of water and boil on medium flame.Stir the sugar mixture continuousely and make a one string consistency sugar syrup.

8). Add cardamom powder into the sugar syrup and mix well. Lower the flame and add ghee roasted fried vada mixture and ghee fried cashew nut pieces into the pan and stir well till the mixture becomes thick. Switch off the flame.

 

9). Transfer the laddu mixture to a bowl and keep aside for 5 minutes to cool.

10). Apply little ghee on your hand and take a small portion of the warm laddu mixture and starts to bind small round shape motichur laddu. Make motichur laddu with the remaining laddu mixture and transfer to a bowl.

Very tasty soft and sweet Motichur Laddu With Chana Dal And Without Boondi is ready to serve.