Subbus Kitchen

Maladu is a delicious sweet and can be made on any occasions. This is a healthy sweet made from Fried Gram(odachakadalai). I frequently make maladu and also for many festivals like diwali. This is a good evening snack for children too.

• Grind the Fried Gram(odachakadalai) along with sugar in a mixer to a nice powder.
• In a pan, heat a little amount of ghee and add the cashews and fry until it turns golden brown color and keep it aside.
• Now heat the remaining ghee in a low flame and add cardamom powder
• Take the ground Fried Gram(odachakadalai) mixture in a separate pan and 1 ladle of ghee around the ground mixture along with few cashews and using a spoon mix the mixture well. Make sure that the ghee-gram dhal mixture is in a right consistency that lets you make small lemon sized balls.
• Now take small quantity of Fried Gram(odachakadalai) mixture and press it hard to make it like a small ball/lemon
• Repeat the above steps for the remaining ground Fried Gram(odachakadalai) mixture.
• The delicious Maladu is ready for serving. Store it in an air tight container.

Needless to say, you need some Patience to make this recipe as it involves heating the ghee, mixing, making balls, reheating the ghee till you complete the mixture.... phew.. ! Enjoy Maladu and let me know your comments