Preparation time: 15 min
Cooking time: 15 min
Serves: 15 no

Ingredients: (measuring cup used = 240ml)

1. 1 cup hesaru bele or moong dal or split green gram
2. 1/2 cup sugar
3. 1/4 cup ghee
4. 4 tbsp broken cashews

Instructions for making hesarittina unde or mung dal ladoo recipe:

1. Break the cashews into 4 pieces, roast and keep it aside.
2. In a thick bottomed pan start roasting the dal under low medium flame.
3. Roast until heasru bele or moong dal turns light brown. Please note dal should be roasted under low medium flame.
4. Wait until cool and grind it into a fine powder.
5. Transfer it into a fine mesh sieve.
6. Also grind sugar into a fine powder and transfer it to the sieve.
7. Start sifting the flour and sugar powder. Grind the remaining particles and sieve it again.
8. Next add in roasted cashews. Also add in melted ghee little by little and begin mixing the flour.
9. Add in required ghee and mix the flour. You should be able to make a ball by putting little pressure.
10. Take a small portion of mixed flour in the hand and make the ladoo. Like this finish making all the ladoos.

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