Ingredients

• Fried channa - 100 g
• Sugar - 180 to 200 g
• Ghee - 100 g
• Cardamom (powdered) - 1 tsp
• Cashewnuts - 6

How to Make Maalaadu

• Powder channa and sugar separately.
• Mix powdered channa, sugar and cardamom.
• Heat one tbsp of ghee and fry the cashew nuts till light brown.
• Break the cashew nuts into small pieces and mix with the above mixture.
• Heat the remaining ghee in a wok (kadai) till it is quite hot.
• Pour the hot ghee over the channa, sugar, cardamom, cashewnuts mixture and mix well using a ladle.
• While the mixture is still hot, make lime-size laddus using your hands.
• Allow them to cool to room temperature.