Intro: Motichoor Ladoo

_ Ladoos are the most famous Indian sweets in almost every occassion or festival .
_ We find many varities of ladoos and each one has its own verstility. Ladoos are made with different base ingredients like semolina,chick pea flour,wheat flour,lentils,nuts and dry fruits.
_ Iam preparing another famous ladoo of North India called "Motichoor ladoo" . These ladoos are soft, delish melt in mouth ladoo made with split chick peas,sugar and ghee.
_ The word ladoo comes from Sanskrit word' ladduka' or' lattika',meaning a small ball . 'Moti' means ' pearl' in Hindi ,and chur means ' to crush or ' to crumble'.
_ Therefore motichoor ladoo collectively means ' balls of crumbled pearls'.

STEP 1: Soak Split Chick Peas

_ First step is to soak split chick peas.Take one cup of split chick peas ( chana dal) and soak in water for 3 hours .

STEP 2: Remove Water After Soaking

_ After soaking split chick peas for three hours remove the water.

STEP 3: Blend to Paste

_ After removing water from soaked split chick peas transfer them to blender and blend to paste without adding any water

STEP 4: Make Patties With the Paste

_ After blending to paste .Take small portion and make patties by just flattening them as shown in my image.
_ Repeat the same procedure and make all the patties.

STEP 5: Fry Them

_ Next step is to fry the patties .Fry them until they turn little golden brown color .(Don't fry for long duration until they turn dark brown)
_ Repeat the same procedure and fry all the patties

STEP 6: Break Into Pieces

_ After frying them we need to break all the patties in to small pieces .

STEP 7: Blend

_ Transfer the pieces into blender and blend to little coarse powder.( Don't blend to totally fine powder)

STEP 8: Preparing Sugar Syrup

_ Take one cup of sugar in a vessel. Add Half cup of water.

STEP 9: Add Orange Food Colour

_ Add Orange food colour and give a mix . Once sugar syrup attains sticky consistency switch off the stove .

STEP 10: Add Blended Mixture

_ Add blended mixture to the sugar syrup and again switch on the stove .Cook for 5 minutes by mixing until mixture thickens.

STEP 11: Add One Tablespoon Ghee

_ Add one tablespoon ghee,little cardamom powder and give a mix .Adding ghee gives nice flavour to the ladoo.

STEP 12: Add Chopped Almonds

_ When mixture thickenes add chopped almonds and give a mix .( You can even add cashews)

STEP 13: Make Small Balls

_ Grease hands with little ghee and make small balls with the mixture .

STEP 14: Make All Ladoos

_ Repeat the same procedure and make all the ladoos.
_ Decorate the ladoo with cashews .

STEP 15: Enjoy the Ladoos

_ Store in container and enjoy motichoor ladoos