In Udupi Shri Krishna Janmashtami is celebrated with lot of enthusiasm and joy. As per legend the birth of Lord Krishna took place in dark, stormy and windy night. So this festival is celebrated for over two days. The actual festivities begin during midnight in this 48 hours period. As Lord Krishna is fond of milk, milk products and sweets are offered, also devotees make variety of sweets during this festival to please the lord. In Udupi the major sweets prepared for this festival are laddos like puffed paddy laddo, gundittu laddo, peanut ladoo and green gram laddo along with chakkuli.
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Puffed Paddy Laddo Recipe/Puffed Paddy Powder Laddo Recipe
Servings: 25 -30
Ingredients
- Puffed Paddy- 3 cups
- Jaggery- 1.5 cups
- Black sesame seeds- 1/4 cup
- Peanut- 1/4 cup
- Cashews- 1/4 cup
- Cardamom powder- 2 tsp
- Ghee- 1/4 cup
Instructions
Preparation
- Dry roast the peanuts till the peel rolls out easily when rubbed with hands. Once it cools peel the peanuts. Crush the peanuts in to pieces.
- Dry roast the black sesame seeds till they splutter.
- Fry cashews in 2 table spoon of ghee till they turn brown.
- Powder puffed paddy by dry grinding it coarsely in mixer. If ready made powder is available that can also be used.
Method
- Mix the puffed paddy powder, crushed peanuts, roasted sesame seeds, fried cashews, cardamom powder and ghee.
- Place the heavy bottom pan/Kadai with 1/4 cup of water. Add jaggery to it. Bring to boil in medium flame, when the jaggery melts completely, keep stirring and splash few drops of jaggery syrup into a bowl of water. If the jaggery syrup does not dissolve and you can make soft ball out of it then jaggery syrup is ready. Switch off the flame.
- Add this jaggery syrup to puffed paddy laddo mix of first step.
- Grease your palm by applying ghee and make laddos of desired size out of this mix. Now puffed paddy laddo is ready.
- Offer this to Lord Krishna and seek his blessings.
Note
- Make sure the jaggery syrup has reached soft ball consistency before adding to laddo mix. If it is not of right consistency then you will not be able to shape in to laddos.
Thank you for reminding Sri krishna janmastami!
Whats puffed paddy? Is it the same as avalakki?
It’ s known as “Aralu” in Kannada.
Hi can u please tell me what is gundittu ladoo? Is it the same as paddy ladoo??
Hello Aruna, Gundittu is a special flour available in Udupi region only during Ashtami season.