Sunnundalu

Sunnundallu

This is another traditional Andhra sweet. Roasted urad dal is ground with sugar into sand like powder, mixed with pure ghee, and the mixture is shaped into round balls. This sweet is much beloved because of its unique taste and nutritional value. These are often prepared for special occasions like baby showers (srimantham), etc.

I made this as an evening snack to my kids. Instead of giving them processed snacks, I would prefer to make nutritional snacks that are easy to make.

When ever i find little time, I dry roast urad dal, make this Sunnundalu powder and store it in the freezer (not more than 6 months) so that I can make this sweet any time of the day. Back home we say, giving 1 ball of this sweet to kids, gives them good amount of protein needed for a day.

Ingredients-

• 2 cups Split urdd dal
• 1 ½ cup sugar
• 3 cardamom (elachi)
• 1 cup Ghee

Sunnunda powder

Directions-

1. Dry roast the urad dal till nice aroma comes out, Let it cool.
2. Grind it to fine sand like texture and keep aside.
3. Powder the sugar and cardamom.
4. Mix all these powders and make laddus adding sufficient ghee.

Sunnundallu