Sunnundalu (Laddu)

Sunnundalu (Laddu)

Ingredients:

1 cup urad dal / minapappu
½ to ¾ cup sugar or jaggery
4 to 6 green cardamoms
¼ to ½ cup ghee

Instructions:

Wash urad dal in lot of water twice and drain it off in a colander.
Dry it on a clean cotton cloth. Spread it evenly and dry, pat it with the cloth to remove excess moisture
Immediately add it to a heavy bottom pan and dry roast till you get a nice aroma. Do not over fry or burn.
Cool it completely
Powder sugar and cardamoms to fine powder if using sugar. Transfer to a plate. If using jaggery grate it and set aside
Powder the dal, you can do it slightly coarse or smooth.
Mix the powdered sugar with powdered dal. if using jaggery add grated jaggery to the dal powder and blend well.
Heat ghee and pour little by little to the ground flour and roll them to balls.