Whole Green Gram Laddoo

Ingredients:

Whole green gram - 1 cup,

Sugar – ½ cup,

Ghee – ½ cup,

Cardamom powder - 3/4 tsp,

Cashew nut fried in ghee – few numbers (optional),

Method:

• Powder the sugar and transfer it into a wide plate. Add cardamom powder.

• Roast the whole gram in a kadai till all of them turn brown, do not let it burn so keep stirring continuously. Allow to cool, powder them and add to the sugar. Mix thoroughly.

• Heat ghee in the kadai, when sufficiently hot, pour it over the gram and sugar mixture little by little and stir it using a spoon.

• Now apply cool ghee in your palms and start rolling the mixture into lemon sized balls when it’s warm.

• Place one cashew nut into each ball while rolling.

• To know whether the temperature of ghee is correct, take little hot ghee in a spoon and pour it over the dry mixture. If you get a crackling sound but the mixture do not burn, its right temperature. If the mixture burns and changes color immediately then it’s too hot, allow it to cool for a while before using.

• In case you are not able to roll it then heat the entire mixture in a kadai again for a minute and then roll as immediately as possible. Additional spoon of hot ghee can also be added to correct the mixture.