My all-time favorite in Laddoos is the Besan Laddoo.
Had a great craving for it today. So decided to make it. Turned out awesome..... !!! My grandmom always had a tough time when she visited us. I always wanted her to make besan laddoos and my sister always asked for the Rava Laddoos. Both of us never even used to touch the other kind. So, just to please us, she had to make both kinds and ended up with more work than necessary.
She has had a stroke recently, and can't speak too much, slurry speech. But we can never forget her beautiful voice. She always used to sing so beautifully whether it was loris / bhajans or just some songs. We can never forget the way she used to shower her love on all us grandchildren. She does her best even now, but when she is sick, none of us are near her to even show her some affection. I feel very bad about it.....
Anyway, let's not dwell on the bad stuff. Here is a picture in memory of my (I wont say grandmother, because she is still alive), so just her voice and cooking, which I miss soooooo sooooo much !!!! Just hope she gets well soon. LOVE U MAMAMA !!!
Heres for all of you a popular Deepavali dish from South India, mainly from Andhra Pradesh state. Its called Bellam Gaarelu - literally meaning jaggery vadas. They are made by soaking and grinding urdh daal, making vadas from them and soaking them in jaggery syrup to get mouth-watering bellam gaarelu.
