Moong Daal Laddu

Moong Daal is a healthy pulse and  full of protein. Laddus are sweet dish and its healthy too. You can munch them any time of the day. Moong dal laddus are easy to prepare and you can munch them at any time of the day. This is one of the traditional dish and prepared during Gokulastami.

Moong dal said to be the best dal one should eat especially the vegetarians. It is rich in minerals and vitamins. Though it contain carbohydrates, it helps to boost energy. It is good for people who wants to reduce their weight.
Moong dal laddu is an easy sweet dish and anybody can prepare this laddu. (Thats saying easy to prepare).

Things Needed :

Moong daal: 1 cup.
Coconut : 1 cup.
Jaggery : 3/4 cup.
Cardamom: 4 to 6 .
Cashew Nuts:  1 Table spoons.
Ghee : 2 Table spoons.
Sesame seeds : 3 to 4 Tablespoons
Water : 1/4 cup

Method : 

1. Roast Sesame seeds till they pop. Keep it aside.
2. Roast Moong dal nicely till the raw smell disappear.
3. Grate coconut and keep it aside.
4. Fry cashew nuts with a spoon of ghee.
4. Dry grind sesame seeds and roasted moong dal. Dry grind coconut and cardamom.
Remove from the mixi jar and keep it in a plate.
5. Keep a pan on the fire. Put jaggery and water. Let it completely melt in water. Now drain the jaggery with a siever and use clean jaggery content.
6. Keep a pan on the fire and put jaggery content in it. Let it get string consistency.
7. Add dry ground ingredients one by one and mix it well. Add fried cashew nuts.
8. Once it is mixed well put off the fire and put the ingredients  to a bowl.
9 Add ghee and mix it well. Take a handful of the ingredients and prepare laddu.
10. Laddus should be prepared when the mixture is hot.
11. If you are not able to prepare laddu , sprinkle little hot milk or some more ghee. It becomes easy to prepare laddu.
12. Keep it in a airtight glass or box and use whenever you want it.

Note : 

Fry the ingredients on low flame. If it does not fry nicely the laddu does not taste good. Use of more ghee adds to the taste. But it is not that good to eat that much ghee at a  time.
Use of sugar instead of jaggey is optional.  Use of jaggery is healthy.
Time : 15 minutess
Serves : 20 Small laddus can be prepared.

Sweet - Wheat Dosa..

Sweet  - Wheat Dosa is a simple dish..We can have this Sweet wheat dosa for breakfast/snack. It is simple and quick dosa which is prepared with simple ingredients which are at home.

I have used wheat flour, medium size rava/semolina, jaggery, coconut and banana. It is nice to have with ghee. Kids or any age group will surely love to have this dosa I am sure.
Let us see some benefits of eating jaggery in our diet.
Jaggery is filled minerals and vitamins. It helps to boost immunity and keeps the body warm. helps in treating cold and cough. It helps to prevent constipation and detoxes liver. It is a good blood purifier and helps to increase the count of haemoglobin in the blood. It is rich in antioxidants. It cleanses our body and prevents anemia. It is a good source of energy.
Let us see the recipe now :
Things needed :

Wheat flour : 1 Cups.

Rava ( Sooji  or Samolina): 2 Tablespoons.

Water : 2 cups

Jaggery:  3 Tablespoons.

Coconut : Grated : 2 Tablespoons.

Banana : 1 ( Medium sized and riped).

Ghee or Oil : 2 Tablespoons.

Salt : a pinch

Method : 

1. Mix wheat flour , Samolina , salt and banana nicely . Grate coconut and keep it aside.
2. Add required water , powdered jaggey, grated coconut and mix it nicely and prepare dough. (Dosa consistency)

3. Keep a pan on the fire and heat. Sprinkle very little oil on the tava and clean it with a kitchen tissue.
4. Take a ladle of what dosa dough and spread it nicely on the tava. ( Let the flame be very low while spreading the dough).
5. Add little oil on the top, cover and cook for 2 minutes. ( Low and medium flame).
6. Turn the other side and cook for one minute.

7. Hot sweet dosa is ready to serve now.
8. Serve it with a teaspoon of ghee. Prepare remaining dosas with remaining dough.

Note : 

Normally it is eaten with ghee. Side dishes are optional. You can add  little milk while preparing dough. Add ing more / less jaggery is optional. Ghee used dosas are taste good. Ripe bananas give the best result. If you allow the oil to stay on the tava, dosa may not be spread  well. So better to clean the tava with a kitchen tissue and then spread the dough on low flame. Once the spread is done increase the flame to medium. Put some oil on the top and then cook to get tasty dosa.

Time : 20 minutes.

Serves 2.