Red Aval (poha) Laddu Recipe | Gokulashtami Recipes

The aval recipe is a mush have recipe for Gokulashtami. I have already posted white aval laddu recipe. But this recipe is a more healthier yet tasteful aval recipe. Why not try this for this Gokulashtami?

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1. Aval Laddu

2. Aval Chocolate Laddu

3. Aval Ven Pongal

4. Sweet Aval

5. Aval Sweet Pongal

Recipe Cuisine : India | Recipe Category: Sweets

Preparation Time: 5 mins  | Cooking Time: 5 mins | Yields: 8 Laddus

Ingredients:

Thick Red Aval	½ cup (1 cup =  240 ml)
Sugar	¼ cup
Ghee	2 tbsp
Chopped Mixed Nuts	1 tbsp
Cardamom Pods	2

Procedure:

1. Dry rost the poha till nice aroma comes out from it or till the poha becomes crisp.

2. Allow it to cool down completely and grind them into a fine powder using the dry mixie jar. Keep it aside.

3. Powder the sugar and cardamom together into a fine powder using the same mixie jar.

4. Now mix the both the powders in a wide bowl using the spatula or wire whisk.

5. Heat the ghee in a pan, fry the nuts till they become golden color.

6. Now pour the hot ghee over the poha and sugar mixture (from 4).

7. Immediately mix them quickly with spatula. At one stage the mixture looks like a bread crumbs.

8. Immediately make gooseberry size balls from the mixture. You have to make the balls when the mixture is little bit hot, otherwise the balls will break down.

 Healthy and yummy red aval / Red Poha / Red Riceflakes Laddu is ready to serve.

Note:

1. Powder the aval first before powdering the sugar.

2. Do not pour more ghee than the ratio suggested. Otherwise the balls will not be dry and in perfect shape.

3. Nuts are optional or otherwise your choice.

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Groundnut Laddu / Nilakkadalai Urundai / Verkkadalai Ladoo without Ghee

     

There will be times when your family would ask you to prepare a sweet and you have the energy only to prepare a sweet with very few easy steps. Well Groundnut Laddu is a recipe which can come handy exactly in those situations.. you don't even have to have ghee with you to prepare this. Still the Laddo will be very taste and will be liked by all including kids. Try this and you will love it enough to make this many many times.

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1. Green Gram Laddu

2. Energy Balls

3. Dry Fruits Laddu

4. Poha Chocolate Laddu

5. Poha Laddu

6. Rava Laddu

7. Coconut Laddu

8. Peanut Laddu

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Recipe Cuisine : South India | Recipe Category: Sweets

Preparation Time: 5 mins  | Yields: 10 Laddus

Ingredients:

Roasted and de skinned groundnut	1 cup
Idiyappam Flour / Rice Flour	¼ cup
Grated or Powdered Jaggery	¾  cup
Cardamom Powder	½ tsp

Procedure:

1. Powder the groundnut using the dry mixie jar.

2. Add the rice flour and cardamom powder. Again grind them into a find powder.

3. Now add the grated jaggery and grind them for few seconds.

4. Transfer the mixture into the wide bowl. Immediately make gooseberry size balls from the ground mixture.

        Tasty and easy peanut laddu is ready within 5 mins.

Note:

1. Adjust the jaggery level up to 1 cup according to your taste. 

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Aval Chocolate Laddu / Poha Chocolate Laddu | Krishna Jayanthi Recipes

For Krishna Jayanthi, Aval laddu is the special sweet. In Chocolate laddu, we are using butter (Krishna’s favorite) instead of the Ghee in standard aval laddu. We are adding chocolate to make it more attractive for kids. Try this chocolate aval ladoo as a new special sweet and make this Krishna Jayanthi more memorable.

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 Recipe Cuisine : Indian| Recipe Category: Sweet

Preparation Time: 15 mins   | Yields: 13 Laddus

Ingredients:

Aval / Poha/ Riceflakes	1 ½ cup
Sugar	¼ cup
Butter	2 tbsp
Warm Coffee Syrup	2 tbsp
Salt (optional)	¼ tsp
Coco Powder	1 tbsp
Vanilla Essence	1 tsp
Desiccated Coconut (Recipe HERE)	¼ cup

                                         

Coffee Syrup: Use 2 tbsp of warm filter coffee or mix 1 tsp of instant coffee powder with 2 tbsp of warm water.

Procedure:

1. Dry roast the aval till the nice aroma comes out from it. Allow it to cool down completely.

2. Add roasted aval, coco powder, sugar and salt in a dry mixie jar.

3. Grind them into a fine powder. Keep it aside.

4. In a wide bowl add warm coffee syrup, vanilla essence and butter. Mix them well with the spoon.

5. Then add the ground  aval powder (from 3) and mix well with spatula or with your fingers.

6. Now you can get a soft and pliable dough.

7. Make gooseberry size balls from the dough.

8. Spread the desiccated coconut on the dry plate.

9. Roll the balls over the desiccated coconut and press them with your fingers.

    Yummy, healthy and kids friendly poha chocolate coconut laddu is ready!

Note:

1. Suppose the dough is sticky, you can add little bit aval powder.

2. The dough is too thick, you can add little bit coffee syrup or warm water.

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3 mins 3 ingredients Energy Balls

     This recipe procedure is very simple and fast grinding and mixing of the three ingredients - Peanut, Dates and Jaggery which can be done in 3 minutes. Mixing

of Peanuts and Dates makes it  very healthy and energetic. Peanut is a good low cost alternative for Badam. Kids do not have more than one or two dates at a time. This Energy Ladoo helps them have more.

Recipe Cuisine : Indian | Recipe Category: Sweets

Preparation Time: 1 ½  mins  | Cooking Time: 1 ½  mins | Yields: 12 (gooseberry size)

Ingredients:

Roasted De-skinned Peanuts / Ground nuts	½ cup
Deseeded and Chopped Dates	¼ cup
Grated Jaggery	2 tbsp
Cardamom Pods (optional)	2

Procedure:

1. Add peanuts, cardamom pods and dates in a dry mixie jar. Ground them into a coarse powder.

2. Then add the grated jaggery and again powder them into a little bit coarse powder.

3. Immediately transfer the powder into a plate or bowl.

4. Make gooseberry size balls from the powder.

    Healthy and yummy Dates Peanut Laddu is ready!!!

Note:

1. Make laddu immediately after transferring the mixie it into a plate. If you delay, the mix will get dry.

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1. Peanut Laddu

2. Green Gram Laddu

3. Dates and Dry fruits Laddu

4. Poha Laddu

5. Coconut Laddu   

6. Rava Laddu

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Rava Laddu using Sugar Syrup | Laddu Recipes

     There are many different ways to prepare rava laddu. This recipe is very traditional and uses sugar syrup and less ghee.

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4. Rice Flakes Laddu 

5. Dry Fruits and Dates Laddu

Recipe Cuisine : South Indian | Recipe Category: Sweets

Preparation Time: 10 mins  | Cooking Time: 15 mins | Yields: 12-15 Laddus

Ingredients:

White Rava / Semolina	1 cup
Sugar	¾ cup
Water	½ cup
Ghee	2 tbsp
Cardamom Powder	from 3 pods
Cashew Nuts	10
Dry Grapes	10

Procedure:

1. Heat ghee in a heavy bottom pan, add cashew nuts and dry grapes. Fry till they become golden brown.

2. Then take them out from the ghee and keep it aside.

3. In the same pan with ghee, add rava and fry till nice aroma comes out. Keep the flame at simmer. This will take 5-6 mins. Keep it aside and allow it to cool down.

4. In the same pan, add water and sugar. Mix them well with ladle. Keep the flame at medium.

5. After sugar dissolves completely add the cardamom powder. Mix them well.

6. Then add the fried rava (from 3) little by little. At this stage, keep the flame at simmer.

7. Immediately add the fried nuts (from 2) and mix them well.

8. Cook till the mixture becomes thick or leaves the sides of the pan.

9. Immediately transfer it into another bowl and allow it to cool down slightly.

10. Now make lemon size balls from the mixture and keep it aside.

        Tasty traditional Rava Laddu is ready!

Note:

1. No need to worry about the sugar syrup consistency.

2. If you over cook, the laddus become very hard.

3. You can keep them at room temperature for 4-5 days.

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Dry Fruits and Dates Laddu | Easy Laddu Recipes

     Dry fruits are rich in nutrients. Instead of taking different dry fruits one by one, dry fruits laddu brings all of them together, making it easy to have. This can be a good and healthy sweet for festivals like Diwali.

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1. Peanut Laddu

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4. Rice Flakes Laddu

Recipe Cuisine : Indian | Recipe Category: Sweets

Preparation Time: 10 mins  | Cooking Time: 5 mins | Yields:  15 Laddus

Ingredients:

Seedless Dates	1 cup
Dry Grapes	½ cup
Badam	½  cup
Pista	¼ cup
Cashew nuts	¼ cup
Walnut	¼ cup
Poppy Seeds (optional)	2 tbsp
Ghee	2 tsp

Procedure:

1. Dry roast the badam, pista, cashew nuts and poppy seeds till nice aroma comes out. Allow them into cool down.  

2. Using the dry mixie jar, add roasted badam, pista, cashews and walnuts. Grind them into a coarse or fine powder.

3. Remove the seeds from the dates and chop them into small pieces.

4. Chop the dry grapes into small pieces.

5. Grind the chopped dates (from 3) and dry grapes (from 4) into a coarse paste using little water.

6. Heat the ghee in a pan, add the ground paste (from 5) and sauté till they become thick.

6. Now add the ground powder (from 2) and mix them well. Then switch off the flame immediately.

7. Then allow it to cool down and make small lemon size balls from the mixture.

8. Roll the balls over the roasted poppy seeds (if used).

     Then store it in a air tight container. Healthy and easy laddu is ready.

Note:

1. Mixed nuts is your choice.

2. You can keep this laddu at room temperature for 3-4 days. But refrigerate for a week.

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