Aralu / Paddy Puffed Rice Laddu / Aralu Unde.
Aralu Unde is one of the best munching sweet that provide energy, fills your stomach, give strength, quench your thirst, since jaggery helps in provide the needful. Y ummy Laddu, laadu, unde what ever you call is good for travelling, as evening snack, for picnic and for kids snack box.
Do try and enjoy this simple, healthy, quick and yummy Aralu Laddu.
Aralu / Paddy puffed Rice is good for summer. It is good for pitta.(Due to excess heat our body generates acid, gas and indigestion problems).
It is the best diet for obesity. It helps in reducing cough they say. It is easily digestible.
It is very easy to prepare this Aralu Unde.
First step is to clean Aralu, because there will be some paddy husk attached to Aralu.
You should remove this paddy husk from Paddy puffed rice carefully, or it goes and stuck in urinary bladder of men and blocks the passage.
Let us see the recipe now :
Aralu ./ Paddy Puffed Rice : 3 to 4 cups. (Nicely cleaned).
Jaggery : 1 Cup
Coconut /Copra/Dry coconut. : 1 Cup or little more.
Cashews : 1 Handful.
Ghee : 2 to 3 Tablespoons.
Method :
1. Dry grind cleaned Aralu into smaller size.
2. Keep a pan and put jaggery and 1/4 cup water. Melt it completely. Sieve and keep the sieved jaggery aside.
3. Dry grind coconut and keep it aside. (If you are using fresh coconut dry roast nicely and then use it).
4. Now keep a pan on the fire and put cleaned jaggery syrup. Keep it on low flame and stir in between till it turns as little more than one string. Gatti Paka.
5. Switch off the fire and keep the pan down. Add 2 to 3 tbs of ghee and mix it nicely.
6. Add dry ground Aralu,
7. Add dry ground coconut and cashews.
8. Mix it well.
9. Take a handful of this mix and prepare laddu.
10. Prepare all the laddu and Yummy Laddu is ready to serve or munch.
11. Store it in a steel box or glass bottle.
12. Enjoy when ever you need or serve for the guest.
Note:
If you find little hard to prepare laddu. Just heat a little or add very little hot milk.
You can also make some more jaggery syrup and add it to the mixture and then prepare laddu.
Do not add more ghee. It does not take much ghee.
