Diwali Sweet Recipes Kajjikayalu , Bander Laddu, Sweet Kachori and Dry Fruits Laddu

                                           Kajjikayalu

Ingredients :

1 Cup Putnal Pappu / Roasted Chana Dal

1/2 Cup Dessicated Coconut
11/2 Cup Grated Jaggery
1/2 Cup Suger
2 Cups All purpose flour
1 pinch Elaichi powder
Oil for deep fry

 Preparation :

• Make a soft dough of all purpose flour with water & keep aside for 10mins.
• Grind roasted chana dal and mix grated jaggery, elaichi, sugar, coconut powder and mix very well. 
• Roll out into small puries & fill with sweet mixture and fold carefully with kajjikayala mould.
• Prepare all Kajikayalu, cover with a damp cloth or a paper.
• Heat oil and fry them like a golden brown in colour.
• Kajjikayalu are ready to eat.
• Cool and store them in an air tight container. 

Bander Laddu                                      

                                       Tokkudu Laddu / Bander Laddu

Ingredients :

1 Cup Gram Flour / Besan Flour

1 Cup Suger
1 pinch Elaichi
Few Raisins
Oil for deep fry
Little Milk

 Preparation :

• Make batter for muruku (sev) with besan flour and sufficiant water.
• Heat oil make thick sev with sev mould and deep fry them to crispy brown.
• Finish the whole dough and allow them to cool. 
• Grind the whole sev into a fine powder & keep it aside.
• Add 1/2 cup water to sugar and make 2 threads consistancy syrup.
• Remove from flame and add ground powder, elaichi powder & mix well.
• Let it cool for some time and again grind the sweet mixture.
• Add little hot milk & make laddus, garnish with raisins.
• Bander / Tokkudu laddu are ready to eat
• Cool and store in an air tight container.  

Sweet Kachori
                    

                                         Sweet Kachori with Dry Fruits

Ingredients :

1 Cup All purpose flour
1/4 Cup Desicated Coconut
1 Cup Grated Jaggery
1/4 Cup Raisins
2 sp Gasagasalu
5 Badam
6 Dates
5 Cashews
Oil for deep fry
1 sp Ghee

Preparation :

• Make a soft dough of all purpose flour with water & keep it aside.
• Chop the badam, cashew, dates into small pieces.
• Heat 1sp ghee and roast the dry fruits till light golden colour.
• Powder the desicated coconut and jaggery & mix all in a bowl.
• Grease oil on your palm & take small flour ball and spread it.
• Put 1sp dry fruit mixture and carefully cover, make a ball & slightly press it.
• Prepare all kachoris like this & fry in oil like light brown in colour.
• Sweet kachoris are ready to serve.

                                            Dry Fruit Mixture 


Dry Fruits Laddu

                                          Dry Fruits Laddu

Ingredients :

1/2 Cup Badam
1/2 Cup Cashews
1/2 Cup Raisins
1/2 Cup   Dates (seed less)
1/4 Cup Jaggery
1/2 Cup Grated Coconut
1/4 Cup Copra powder
1 pinch Elaichi powder

Preparation :

• Chop the badam, cashew into small pieces.
• Heat seed less dates in microwave at 30 secs and add badam, cashew, coconut, jaggery & kept again 30 sec.
• Remove from oven, add elaichi and mix well, let it cool for some time.
• Make laddus and apply copra powder on them.
• Dry fruits laddus are ready to serve.
• These are diwali sweets. Eat it & enjoy