Ellu Urundai | Sesame Seeds and Jaggery Laddu | Til Laddu
Ellu Urundai aka Sesame seeds laddu is a quick and healthy snack recipes that can be prepared in less than 15 minutes and just needs only 2 ingredients.
Ingredients
- 2 cups sesame seeds
- 1 cup jaggery / palm jaggery powdered & heaped cup
Instructions
- Dry roast the sesame seeds till it crackles and releases nice aroma. Do not over roast it, otherwise, it tastes bitter. Allow it to cool.
- Meanwhile, make a powder of jaggery. Keep it aside.
- In a mixer, take sesame seeds first and make coarse powder.
- Add powdered jaggery to this and again run it till it reaches fine coarse consistency.
- Transfer this powder to a plate and shape into lemon size laddus. The oil that releases from sesame seeds while grinding is sufficient to bind the laddus. No need to add any other oil.
- ellu urundai ready. store it in a dry container & enjoy it.
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Notes
1. Dry roast the sesame seeds without a gap and uniformly to avoid burning. If it is burnt then they taste bitter.
2. If liked, any other nuts can be powdered and added this laddu
3. Always grind the sesame seeds first & then add jaggery.
4. Grind the sesame seeds coarsely if you like to have the nutty flavor.
5. Immediately after the seeds crackle & aromatic, keep an eye to get a perfectly roasted sesame seeds.