Ellu Urundai Recipe | Ellu Laddu Recipe

Ellu Urundai(Sesame Seed Ladoo) is an easy to make traditional South Indian sweet made for festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi.. It is quick and simple to make with available ingredients in your kitchen. This ladoo can be made using just 3 ingredients sesame seeds, jaggery and flavored with cardamom. Follow the step by step pictures, instructions and video to make perfect Ellu Urundai.

Ellu Urundai is one simple laddu we usually make for Vinayagar Chaturthi. This recipe for ellu urundai is quite easy to make and gets done in few minutes if you have the ingredients in hand. With just 3 ingredients you can make this easy and delicious laddu, Do try this and enjoy!

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About Ellu Urundai

‘Ellu’ means Sesame seeds and ‘Urundai’ means balls so Ellu Urundai translates to Sesame balls. Ellu Urundai is a simple laddu made using just 3 basic ingredients available in your kitchen. It is made by roasting sesame seeds until golden, combining it with jaggery, cardamom then shaping into balls.

The traditional method to make ellu urundai is by roasting in a kadai, cooling down. Then grind it using a big mortar and pestle called as ural ullakai. This is called by different names ellu urundai in tamil, til laddu in hindi, sesame seeds laddu in english. Ellu (எள்) is sesame seeds, it has many benefits.

The nutty aroma of roasted sesame seeds blends beautifully with jaggery and cardamom making them taste so delicious. Sesame seeds are rich in calcium, iron so include it whenever you can and this is one of the best ways.

This ellu urundai is one of the immunity boosting sweet snack so do try and give it for your kids. Gugu is fond of this ladoo so I make it not for just festivals but often too. This ladoo does not need ghee just the oil in sesame seeds is enough to hold its shape. Also while grinding jaggery makes the mixture sticky which helps to shape it easily.

You can use black sesame seeds which is with skin or white sesame seeds which has skin removed. In South we call it Ellu Urundai and in North it is called Sesame Ladoo. It can be made for festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi, Gokulashtami, Sankranthi, Navratri etc.

Sesame oil is a popular ingredient used all over the world. Sesame oil is called nalla ennai in tamil which translates to ‘nalla’ meaning good and ‘ennai’ meaning oil – ‘nalla ennai’ which is further abbreviated and called ‘nallennai’. This oil has so many health benefits that in olden days our elders used to cook using this oil.

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Ellu Urundai Ingredients

• Sesame seeds – You can use either black sesame seeds or white sesame seeds. If using black sesame seeds, check for speck rinse it well dry it for a while then start roasting. Both black and white sesame seeds tastes equally good.
• Jaggery – Choose organic clean jaggery. As we are going to use jaggery as such without making syrup and straining you have to make sure its very clean.
• Cardamom – You can use cardamom powder or whole cardamom.

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How to make Ellu Urundai Step by Step

1.Take 1 cup sesame seeds in a pan or kadai.

2.Dry roast it for 2 minutes or so. It will start to pop out. Roast it until golden and nutty aroma comes. Switch off. Allow it to cool down.

3.Then transfer to a mixer jar.

4.First grind this to a coarse mixture.

5.Then add ⅓ cup jaggery, 2 cardamom to it.

6.Again grind it until oil releases from sesame seeds.

7.The mixture should be slightly coarse and moist. The mixture should not be crumbly, it should be easy to hold and shape. If it does not hold shape then pulse it few more times until it is well combined and holds shape.

8.Transfer to a bowl, mix it well.

9.Hold it tight and shape into laddus.

Ellu urundai is ready! Enjoy!

Expert Tips

• Sesame seeds – Choose fresh good quality sesame seeds.
• Roasting – Roast it in low flame, wait until it pops well and turns golden. Stir continuously for even roasting.
• Grinding – Grind sesame seeds first until coarse then add jaggery.
• Jaggery – Make sure to use jaggery that has no impurities, I have used powdered jaggery.
• Others – I didn’t add ghee or oil, the oil leaving from the sesame was just enough to form balls. But if you want you can add 1 or 2 teaspoon of ghee.

Serving and Storage

Serve ellu urundai as a healthy sweet snack. It keeps well for about a week in room temperature. Keep it in airtight container.

FAQS

1.Which sesame seeds is best to use?

White or black both are good. Black sesame seeds has more strong flavor while white sesame seeds will have a mild flavor.

2.Why does my ellu urundai not hold its shape?

This usually happens when sesame seeds is not grinded enough to release oil and it is not combined with jaggery. Grind it for few more seconds and try shaping it.

3.Can I give ellu urundai to kids?

Yes you can give to kids above 3 years of age.

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