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Black Chickpea Laddo | Kadale Unde

Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time25 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Servings: 12 -15
Author: Sumana

Ingredients

  • Black Chickpeas Black chana- 1 Cup
  • Jaggery- 3/4 cup
  • Fresh grated coconut- 1/2 cup
  • Water- 1/4 cup
  • Ghee- 2 tsp
  • Cashews- Few
  • Cardamom powder- 1/2 tsp

Instructions

Preparation

  • Heat a pan and add chickpeas in to it. In medium flame with constant stirring roast them till you find some brown spots on them. Let them cool down.

Method

  • Spreading the chickpeas over a plate helps it to cool down early. Once the chickpea are in room temperature, powder them in a mixer.
  • Sieve the chickpea flour using a fine sieve. Once again powder the residues after sieving and sieve it back. As the flour gets ready, heat jaggery in a pan.
  • Add 1/4 cup of water to jaggery and cook in medium flame. As the jaggery gets dissolved completely and begins to boil, add grated coconut to it.
  • Let the coconut get cooked in jaggery syrup for 3 minutes and switch it off. Pour it over the chickpea flour.
  • Combine the flour with jaggery syrup using a ladle and let it cool down. Take a lemon sized laddo mix in your hand and shape it like laddo. Include a cashew while shaping.
  • Very flavorful and healthy chickpea laddu is ready to be offered to Lord Krishna.

Notes

  • Ensure the chickpeas are roasted evenly and not burnt.
  • Sieving the flour helps in getting even textured laddos.
  • Do not overcook the jaggery and no consistency checking required.
  • If jaggery syrup gets in to soft ball consistency, laddos turn hard. So ensure it's switched off on time.
  • Coconut gives nice crunch while eating the laddo. So do not skip it.
  • This laddu lasts more than a week in room temperature.