Urad Ladu

Preparation Time - 15 Min                                      Cooking Time - 7 min                        Yield - 20 Ladu

Ingredients:

Urad dal (Coverless) - 2 Cup

Ground Sugar - 1 Cup (Firmly packed)

Ghee - 3/4 Cup

Cashew nuts - 2 Tbsp

Almonds - 2 Tbsp

Pistachio - 1 Tbsp

Cardamom powder - 1/4 Tsp

Method:

1) Dry roast urad dal till golden brown in color.

2) Let it cool and grind it to fine powder.

3) Heat ghee in pan add cashew nuts and almonds and immediately add urad flour.

4) Fry for 4-5 min on low flame. Switch off stove and let it cool for 5 min.

5) Add sugar and cardamom powder and mix well.

6) Make ladu of mixture decorate with pistachios and serve.

Urad Flour Ladu

Sattu Poha

Ingredients:

Thin Poha - 4 Cup

Sattu - 1/4 Cup + 2 Tbsp

Fried chana dal - 1/4 Cup 

Peanut - 1/4 Cup

Curry leaves - 10

Red chili powder - to taste

Turmeric powder - 3/4 Tsp

Fine sugar - 2 Tsp

Salt - to taste

Asafoetida - a pinch

Oil - 1/4 Cup

Method:

1) In a pan dry roast poha for 4-5 min and keep aside. Let it cool.

2) Heat oil in pan and crackle mustard seeds, add asafoetida, curry leaves, peanuts, fried chana dal and saute for 1 min on low flame.

3) Add turmeric powder, red chili powder, salt, and sugar. Immediately add roasted poha and mix well.

4) Switch off stove and add sattu and mix well.
    Tip: Garnish with chopped onion and raw mango while serving.

Sattu Poha

Chocolate Modak

Ingredients:

Khoya(Mawa) - 1 Cup

Powdered Sugar - 3/4 Cup

Milk powder - 1/2 Cup

Cocoa powder - 2 Tbsp

Pistachio - 2 Tbsp (chopped)

Method:

1) Take mawa in a heavy bottom pan and cook for 2-3 min.

2) Add cocoa powder and milk powder, mix well. Cook for another 2 min on low flame.

3) Switch off stove. Add pistachio and powdered sugar and mix well.

4) Let the mixture cool for 5 min.

5) Apply ghee or oil to modak mold and press a part of mixture in modak mold to form a modak.

6) Make similar modak of remaining modak mixture.

7) Offer to ganapati bappa and enjoy.