Minappa Sunni Undalu -Black Gram Lentil Sweet
Minappa Sunni Undalu (Urad Laddo)is an Andhra sweet dish which is very simple to prepare and can be stored in an air tight container for atleast 2 weeks.
Time is just flying by..its already a whole month since I actually started this food blog of mine and it seems like yesterday…:).Let’s celebrate with a sweet dish,eh?
Ingredients:
1 cup black gram lentil(without husk)
1 tbsp raw rice
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup ghee/clarified butter
Dry roast raw rice in a vessel till brown and remove.Now dry roast black gram on a medium flame till deep golden brown and till you get a nice aroma…which could take atleast 20 minutes.You should keep stirring the dal while dry roasting it lest it burns.Allow it to cool.
Blend both the raw rice and black gram to a fine powder.Keep aside.
Here’s a picture of the black gram dal both before and after dry roasting it.
Blend the sugar to a fine powder.Keep aside.
Heat ghee till it melts.Do not over heat.Keep aside.
Now mix together black gram powder and powdered sugar in a wide plate.Slowly add hot ghee and keep mixing with hand, till the mix holds together.
Shape into round balls of the size of a big lime.The ghee should be just enough to hold the powders together and not drip while making balls.
Stored in an air tight container the laddos stay fresh for at least 2 weeks.
Variations
A combination of jaggery and sugar can be used. Take 3/4 cup jaggery and 1/4 cup powdered sugar.
Tip
Mixture of black gram powder and sugar can be stored in an air tight container for 1-2 months. When ever required mix ghee and make balls.
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By sailu • Dec 9th, 2005 • Category: All Recipes, Andhra Recipes, Dals & Legumes, Desserts, Festival recipes, Indian Sweets
This is something new ,I have never tasted this before ,plan to try this sometime - Sailu, here,we get to make greengram undalu during festivals.
What a good cause to celebrate! What a delicious sounding dish.
I’ve tagged you for the latest meme going around. I hope you can participate.
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Best,
Paz
lera,its a very simple and tasty sweet dish.Your talking of moong dal undalu,lera?
Thanks,Paz.Its going to be fun participating..:)
Thanks Sailu for posting authentic Andhra recipes. I live in a town Canada where I am the only Indian. I don’t even know the difference between different lentils. Your blogs with photos of the ingredients, are giving me atleast a chance of cooking some of the food mom used to make back in Andhra
Hats off!!
Hi Sailu
Your website is like a blessing for us Indians especially Andrites in Foreign Land not only me most of my other friends do look at your site and learn many many dishes i have given you blog address to countless friends and you have it all covered in your sites ,please keep us posted with authentic vegetarian dishes,sweets and and new breakfast items, it would be good if you can expalin the nutritional values of that particular recepie while you are making and as of today am trying your sunni undalu recepie i hope i get it right thanks once again and good luck
SAILU GARU!
I HAVE TRIED THIS AND ITS GREAT.THANKS VERY MUCH.I REQUEST YOU TO PUT DOWN SOME MORE ‘SWEET’ RECIPES LIKE RAVVA LADDU AND ALSO SOME ‘HOT’ RECIPES .YOU ARE CHIMPING!
hi sailu,
namaste.
came across ur blog thru internet. the way u write a recipe is worthy of appreciation and the way of presentation cant just go away without catching the eye, its really mouth watering. tried sununda, turned out good and i cant remember how many recipes i cooked looking into this blog. inti vanta thintunnattu undhi mee moolana. thanks for that. most of the recipes though i know, i dont start cooking unless am tempted by looking into ur blog for the same. hmmmm am angry with u regarding that (just kidding). thanks a lot.
looking forward for more recipes from u,
shilpa