Churma Laddoo

Churma Laddoo - Anagha Kulkarni

Recipe :
Ingredients :

•  Wheat flour1 1/2 cup coarsely grounded
•  Besan1/4 cup
•  Rava / Sooji1/4 cup
•  Oil1 1/2 tbsp
•  Water1/2 cup
•  Ghee1/4 cup
•  Oil2 cup for frying
•  Jaggery1/3 cup
•  Powdered sugar1 1/2 tbsp
•  Nutmeg1/8 tsp
•  Poppy seeds1 tsp for garnish
•  Kismis1 tbsp

Method
To Make Churma Mixture

• In a large mixing bowl take whole wheat flour (coarsely grounded), besan (chickpea flour) and sooji / rava.
• Add 1 and 1/2 tbsp Oil and 1/2 cup warm water.
• Combine all ingredients and knead into dough.
• Now take a portion of wheat flour dough in hand and press it by making fist. Press hard and make Muthia shapes from dough.
• Repeat the process for remaining wheat flour dough and make muthia. Keep aside.
• Now to fry the muthia heat Oil in a deep bottom frying pan. Heat on medium flame and don't let Oil turn too hot.
• Deep fry the wheat flour muthia in oil for 4 to 5 minutes. Till it is completely cooked from inside and turn golden brown.
• Take out the fried muthias and drain the excess oil on kitchen towel / paper napkin. Let the muthias cool down.
• Cut the muthias into pieces and further grind them in a food processor into fine powder. Sieve through a fine siever to remove big chunks.Re-grind the remaining chunks if required.

To Make Churma Ladoo

• Take a nutmeg and pound in a mortar and pestle. Add the nutmeg powder in Churma mixture.
• Optionally you can also add dry fruits like kismis. This is however optional.
• Now melt ghee in a pan and add Jaggery. As soon as Jaggery starts floating on ghee, turn off the gas.
• Pour the melted jaggery and ghee into Churma mixture. Add powdered sugar. Again sugar is optional.
• Combine all the ingredients and make nice aromatic churma mixture.
• Now make Churma laddus from churma by pressing it in a laddu mold. You can also make ladoo by taking a portion of churma and rolling in hands and making nice spherical balls.
• Repeat the process and make ladoos from remaining mixture.
• Apply some poppy seeds (khas khas) and garnish the churma ladoo.
• Churma ladoo is ready to serve.