Aval Laddu / Poha Laddu

Aval laddu / poha laddu is a very easy to prepare sweet snack made with red aval / red flattened rice. The following ingredients are needed to prepare Aval Laddu / Poha laddu.

Ingredients:
Red Poha./Aval-2 cups
Peanuts.            -1/2 cup
Pottukadala.     -1/2 cup
Sugar.               -1/4 cup
Cardamom.       -2
Ghee.                 -2 tsp
Cashew nuts.     -5
Grated coconut. -1 cup
Vanilla essence. -1 tbsp
Ghee.                 - 2 tbsp

Method:
1). Heat a pan and dry roast red aval / red poha (red flattened rice) until crisp and keep aside. In the same pan dry roast peanuts and pottukadala (roasted gram dal) separately. In a mixie jar add dry roasted poha, dry roasted peanuts and dry roasted pottukadala and grind together to a fine powder.

2). Grind sugar and cardamom to a fine powder.

3). Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a pan and fry cashew nuts.

4). In a mixing bowl add ground poha peanut pottukadala powder mixture, ground sugar cardamom powder, grated coconut, vanilla essence and fried cashew nuts along with ghee. Mix together all the ingredients in the mixing bowl using your hand and shape it into small round balls.

Aval Laddu / Poha Laddu is ready to serve as a sweet snack.