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    Ulundu Urundai Recipe, Urad dal ladoo

    Updated on July 27, 2022 by Raks Anand Leave a Comment / Jump to Recipe

    Ulundu urundai is a healthier snack of other ladoo recipes. It tastes similar to rava ladoo and kids wont even know it. I have shared two ways - jaggery and sugar version.

    ulundu urundai
    Ulundu urundai, urad dal jaggery ladoo

    Urad dal ladoo is good for women especially. Mom says it strengthens you and best to avoid back pain.

    I made this same way as my rava ladoo recipe on this site, and perfect as snack among kids snack recipes.

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    • Ingredients
    • Video
    • Substitutions
    • Variations
    • Storage
    • Top tip
    • Recipe card
    • Stepwise photos

    Ingredients

    Ulundu (Tamil word) is for urad dal or black gram commonly, I used white whole urad dal.

    • Jaggery or Sugar
    • Ghee (Clarified butter)
    • Cardamom

    See recipe card for quantities.

    ulundu urundai, urad dal ladoo
    Ulundu urundai - two ways

    Video

    Is video more your thing? Watch ulundu ladoo video in Youtube.

    Substitutions

    You can use any urad dal variety. With skin or without, whole as well as split. Similarly, Urad dal flour from shop also is good to go. Equally important thing is you have roast patiently to ensure it is roasted well thoroughly. Only in low flame to ensure perfect tasting ladoos.

    Variations

    As you see you can choose your favorite sweetener. White sugar or un refined, palm jaggery, regular jaggery etc.

    I used white sugar and organic jaggery powder.

    See this Ulundhu kali recipe on my website!

    Storage

    This stays good for a month in Shelf. Upto 3 months in refrigerator.

    Top tip

    • You should make sure to roast the urad dal well until all of them are roasted through inside out. How to check this? Pop one in mouth and it should be crispy, not hard and give wierd raw urad dal taste.
    • This can be achieved only by roasting it patiently in low flame. Maximum medium flame, not more than that.
    • The ratio is equal amount of sugar for urad dal quantity. It will be on sweeter side like any other ladoo, if you want, you can reduce up to ¼ cup, not below that.
    • My jaggery was pure enough, I am not sure how to make ladoo with jaggery syrup. Though you can make it, it wont be keeping good for long. I suggest my ulundhu kali recipe instead.
    • The ghee should be hot so that it helps in shaping and holding it's shape as it cools down. Jaggery version needs very less ghee, so add little by little to ensure you do not add more.
    • My sugar version had more ghee, I could have saved from adding 2 tsp. But just the texture was different, otherwise no harm.
    • Depending upon the jaggery variety, the texture may be more loose and sticky.

    Recipe card

    ulundu urundai
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    Ulundu urundai recipe

    Ulundu urundai is a healthier snack of other ladoo recipes. It tastes similar to rava ladoo and kids wont even know it. I have shared two ways - jaggery and sugar version
    Course Snack, Sweets
    Cuisine Indian, South Indian
    Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time 12 minutes minutes
    Servings 16 ladoos
    Cup measurements

    Ingredients

    Sugar version

    • 1 cup Urad dal I used whole white urad dal
    • 1 cup Sugar or Jaggery powder
    • ¼ Cup Ghee Plus 1 to 2 teaspoon (Must be hot)
    • 2 Cardamom

    Jaggery version

    • 1 cup Urad dal
    • 1 cup Jaggery powder I used organic jaggery powder
    • 2 tablespoon Ghee Plus 1 to 2 teaspoon (Must be hot)
    • 2 Cardamom
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    Instructions

    • Heat a pan firstly and start roasting urad dal.
    • Roast in low flame with constant stirring to ensure even roasting.
    • Once roasted though inside evenly, remove in a plate for cooling.
    • After that, powder it finely. It should be really fine flour like a talc. If needed you can even sieve and powder.
    • It takes a while to attain such texture. So ensure you wipe the sides in between and give some time for the mixer to cool it down. Otherwise it may over heat.
    • Transfer to a mixing bowl.
    • Powder sugar or jaggery with cardamom seeds.
    • Add it to the mixing bowl along urad dal flour
    • Melt ghee until it is hot.
    • Add ghee one tablespoon first and mix. Add little by little until you could make the mixture hold it's shape when you press inside your palms.
    • If white sugar, the ghee is almost 3 tbsp. If Jaggery, it's 1 tablespoon plus 2-3 tsp.
    • Mix well and make ladoos before it cools down.

    Video

    Notes

    • Add ghee carefully 1 teaspoon at a time to ensure you do not add more. If needed more than mentioned, you can add more ghee to hold it shape. 
    • Some jaggery variety will be moist when ground. So it may need less ghee. Take this guidance and adjust accordingly.
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    Stepwise photos

    1. Heat a pan firstly and start roasting urad dal.

    roasting urad dal
    Start in hot pan, but proceed with low flame

    2. Roast in low flame with constant stirring to ensure even roasting.

    after roasting
    Should be roasted until inside also gets crisp

    3. Once roasted though inside evenly, remove in a plate for cooling.

    cool down
    While making flour it may get hot, so cool completely before starting

    4. After that, powder it finely. It should be really fine flour like a talc. If needed you can even sieve and powder.

    grind
    Mixie will get hot, so give some time in between to cool

    5. It takes a while to attain such texture. So ensure you wipe the sides in between and give some time for the mixer to cool it down. Otherwise it may over heat.

    homemade urad dal flour
    Roasted urad dal flour. Wipe sides in between several times.

    6. Then transfer to a mixing bowl.

    7. After that, powder sugar or jaggery with cardamom seeds.

    jaggery powder
    organic Jaggery powder
    powdered

    8. Add it to the mixing bowl along urad dal flour.

    step8-jaggery
    add to urad dal flour

    9. Melt ghee until it is hot.

    ghee
    Ghee should be hot

    10. Add ghee one tablespoon first and mix.

    add ghee - ulundu urundai

    Add little by little until you could make the mixture hold it's shape when you press inside your palms.

    mix for ulundu urundai with jaggery
    mixed well
    urad dal jaggery ladoo, ulundu urundai
    shaped ladoo

    11. If white sugar, the ghee is almost 3 tbsp. If Jaggery, it's 1 tablespoon plus 2-3 tsp.

    sugar, cardamom
    powder with cardamom
    sugar powder
    should be fine powder
    added ghee
    mix with flour, ghee

    12. Mix well and make urundai/ ladoo before it cools down.

    ulundu urundai mixture
    add ghee one teaspoon at time
    shaped ulundu urundai
    sugar version

    Store in air tight container.

    shaped ulundu urundais with jaggery or sugar
    Jaggery and sugar version

    Enjoy as mid morning snack, after school snack or post workout snack.

    ulundu urundai recipe
    Ulundu urundai has lots of health benefits

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