Atukulu Laddu / Poha Ladoo / Energy Balls with Flattened Rice Flakes
Poha Ladoo / Atukulu Laddu, South Indian style, traditional, Energy Balls with flattened rice flakes. Recipe below has step wise pics and tips.
Equipment
- Sauce Pan / Vessel (for stove-top method)
- Blender/Grinder/Mixie.
- Wide Mixing Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 cup Flattened Rice Flakes / Poha / Atukulu
- ¼ cup Chopped Nuts / Dry Fruits
- ¾ cup Sugar / Grated Jaggery
- ¼ to½ cup Homemade Ghee / Melted Butter
- 3 pods Cardamom/Elaichi
Instructions
- Gather the nuts, dry fruits. Chop the nuts finely.
- Take a heavy bottomed pan, put it in stove top under medium flame. Add 1 teaspoon of ghee/butter and fry all the chopped nuts / dry fruits until they turn golden colour.Take them into a wide mixing bowl.
- Take a heavy bottomed pan/vessel, put it in stove top under low flame.Add 1 tablespoon of ghee/butter into the pan and fry all the chopped nuts / dry fruits until they turn golden colour.Take them separately into a wide plate / mixing bowl.
- Into the same pan, add 1 more tablespoon of ghee. Add all the poha / atukulu / rice flakes.Dry roast until you get a pleasant aroma and the poha turn crispy.Switch off the flame and let them cool completely.
- In a blender, finely powder the sugar & cardamoms together. Transfer into the same mixing bowl as the dry fruits / nuts.
- Now, take the roasted poha into the same blender, finely powder them and transfer to the same mixing bowl.
- Using a dry spoon combine all the dry items in the mixing bowl.
- Warm the ghee/butter, and start pouring the warm ghee into the mixing bowl slowly with a tablespoon.
- Using your bare hands, combine the mix along with the warm ghee, roll into small balls.
- Arrange the shaped ladoos in a wide plate / sheet for them to dry at least for 30 mins. Done!!
Notes
Please see the MAIN POST for recipe with step wise PICS & TIPS!