Easy and Quick Motichoor Ladoo

Instructions

Step 1: Wash chana dal really good 3-4 times and soak it in enough water for about 6 hours or overnight.

Step 2: Drain all the water from soaked chana dal and transfer it into a blender jar.

Step 3: Blend it coarse without using any water at all. Do not blend continuously.

Step 4: Give it pulses so that coarse texture is retained.

Step 5: Transfer the blended coarse mixture into a pot and cook it in cooker on medium heat until 2 whistles.

Step 6: Heat up a pan and add sugar, water.

Step 7: Mix well and bring the mixture to boil.

Step 8: Turn the gas on medium heat and cook the mixture for another 7-8 minutes.

Step 9: We need 2 thread consistency syrup.

Step 10: Take a drop of syrup in a dish. It should not spread.

Step 11: Check the consistency when the drop cools down a little.

Step 12: If it is enough thick enough add orange food color and mix well.

Step 13: Sugar syrup is ready.

Step 14: Take the cooked dal out of the cooker and let it cool down for at least 30 minutes.

Step 15: When dal cools down well loosen it with the help of fork.

Step 16: Heat up ghee in a pan and add cooked dal into it.

Step 17: Fry it well on medium heat for about 7-8 minutes and turn off the gas.

Step 18: Add the fried dal into hot sugar syrup and add magaj seeds, cardamom powder.

Step 19: Mix everything well together and turn off the gas.

Step 20: Cover and rest the mixture for about 30 minutes.

Step 21: Remove the lid and mix well once. Roll ladoos from the mixture of the size and shape you want and garnish with pistachios slices.

Step  22: Motichoor ladoos are all ready.

Step 23: You can make around 8-10 ladoos from the mixture.