As my Maharashtrian family prepares "Ukadiche Modak" for Ganapati Bappa, my Gujarati family prepares "Laadva" for Naivedya on the Ganesh Chaturthi day. I prepared them today for Anant Chaturdashi.
Laadva
લાડવા
Wheat Flour Laddoo
Ingredients
1 cup coarse wheat flour
2 tbsp coarse rawa
1 tbsp ghee/clarified butter
2/3 cup sugar, powdered in a mixie
4-5 cardamoms, peeled and powdered
Ghee/clarified butter as needed
1 tbsp almond slivers
2 tbsp white poppy seeds
Method
1. Mix wheat flour and rawa in a big plate. Add warm water and spoonful of warm ghee. Knead into a not so soft dough.
2. Cover and set aside for 1/2 hour.
3. Heat ghee in a kadhai. Make elongated balls of the dough and press them. Deep fry on a low flame till they are nicely browned.
4. Place them on a paper towel. Let them cool down completely.
5. Place them a mixer or food processor. Grind them to a fine powder.
6. Place the powdered mixture in a plate. Add almond slivers, sugar and cardamom powders. Add ghee/clarified butter as needed.
7. Roll them into spherical balls of uniform size.
8. Place poppy seeds in a plate. Roll the laddoos onto poppy seeds so they stick to the laddoos externally.
9. Serve and Enjoy!
Note -
1. The above proportion gave me about 11 laddoos. This count will change based on the size of the ladoos.
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