Pottukadalai ellu laddu | Roasted gram sesame ladoo | Til & nuts sweet balls

Cuisine Style: Tamil nadu, South India | Preparation & CookingTime: 20 minutes | To Serve: 5 | Type: Sweet, Festival, Diwali Sweet

Ingredients

• Roasted gram [Pottukadalai, porikadalai] – 1 cup
• Sesame seeds – ¼ cup [white, roasted]
• Cashew nuts – 5
• Almonds – 5
• Raisins – 6
• Sugar – ½ cup
• Green cardamom – 3
• Ghee – ¼ cup

Preparation

• Heat pan add Pottukadalai gently roast for a min on low flame. Then cool it & grind to smooth powder.
• Heat ghee in a pan add raisins, almonds, pistachios & cashew nuts then roast till light brown then chop & keep it aside
• Break the cardamom shell; add the seeds & sugar in a mixer jar & finely grind.
• In a bowl add freshly ground Pottukadalai powder & sugar cardamom powder mix well.
• Add chopped nuts, sesame seeds & raisins mix well. Then heat ghee.
• Add ghee to the mixture mix well then make it equal size ladoos.
• Pressure little bit & make the ladoos tight.
• Once its ready garnish with almonds & pistachios then place it in an airtight container use within 3 days.

Til & nuts sweet balls