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"Mane Adige" means "Home Food" in kannada and this blog is all about recipes that I cook. Most of the recipes I post here will be from "Mangalooru" and "Bengalooru " regions of Karnataka,India. Rest of them are the one's which I try out by improvising the recipes got from different sources.

Friday, November 27, 2009

Antinunde/Karadantu / Laddu with Edible Gum

        

Hey folks! Hope alls well with you all... The update from my end is that, Naveen and I were blessed with a baby boy on the 13th of Oct 2009! Things have been hectic at my end ever since... Each day has been a different learning experience. Despite all the sleepless nights and Aadi's seemingly never ending crying sessions, motherhood has been a wonderful experience. It is such a pleasure to watch them grow, I tell ya! :)

Thanks to Amma and Ajji's 'Baananthana( in simple words, postpartum care and attention given to the new mom), I am learning quite a few unique dishes out here. One such dish is "Antinunde".  Edible gum, that is used in making this laddu is high in medicinal value. A lot of dry fruits also go into these laddus making them rich and nutritious. "One Antinunde a day strengthens your spine", my Ajji says. This laddu is more commonly known as Karadantu( or Karidantu) in the northern parts of Karnataka. If I am not wrong, this laddu is also known by the name "Ding Laddu" in Mangalore-Udupi regions of Karnataka.

Ingredients:

1 cup Edible gum, finely chopped

1 cup Almonds/Badami, finely chopped

1 cup Dry Dates/Uttutte, finely chopped

1 cup Raisins

1 cup Desiccated Coconut/Copra/Kobbari grated

1.5 cups Jaggery

1-1.5 tbsp Khus khus/ Gasagase (optional)

2 tbsp Ghee/Clarified butter for roasting

Ghee for deep frying

Method:

  1. Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed pan for deep frying.
  2. Drop the chopped edible gum pieces into hot ghee and fry until they puff up; Remove from pan and drain on paper towels.
  3. Dry roast khus khus and keep aside;
  4. Heat 2 tbsp ghee in a pan and roast the chopped almonds until they turn lightly golden brown; Keep aside.
  5. Dry roast the desiccated coconut and keep aside;
  6. Mix all the dry fruits, desiccated coconut, fried edible gum and khus khus in a large mixing bowl and keep aside.
  7. Heat jaggery in a heavy bottomed pan and add just enough water to cover the jaggery; Boil until jaggery dissolves and forms a syrup with thread like consistency. Note: To test if the syrup is ready, pour a drop into a bowl of cool water. If the solution forms a tiny lump and does not dissolve in water, the syrup is ready.
  8. Pour the syrup into the above mixture little by little and mix well.
  9. Grease you palm with a drop of ghee; Take some of the mixture in your palm and make laddus of desired size; Repeat for remaining mixture as well.
  10. Let cool and store in air tight containers.

Prep Time: About 50-60 mins;

Makes: About 25-30 laddus;

30 comments:

Kannada Cuisine said...

Congrats Ramya! Hope everything is going fine..
Our son was born on 28th/Oct. So Mom is feeding me Antinunde as well. I will be posting our version very soon. Happy parenting and wishing you a speedy recovery

Unknown said...

Took me back to my bannathan days.. yea i had them as well.Very nutritiuos, one small unde will fill you up. Eat well and rest well.

Lakshmi said...

Congratulations Ramya!!! As soon as I saw antinunde title in my dashboard the first thing I looked for was the good news... Happy Parenting. A.Unde looks tempting :)

Anonymous said...

i too blessed with baby boy on 30 OCt and i am also eatong this unde daily. I also request you to post all the care given to you as new mom and special dishes so that i can also take care of myself

chef and her kitchen said...

Congrats ...yummy laddoos..

Ash said...

Hearty Congrats Ramya!!!!!!! & good to see u back with a post...... Yum looking undes......

May God bless u & ur family with all goodness.....
Happy Parenting Momma!!!

Ash....
(http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

jayasree said...

Congrats Ramya. Enjoy your motherhood.

This laddu is new to me.

Nupur said...

Congratulations, Ramya!

Anonymous said...

Nice one, Ramya!! Congratulations!!

Unknown said...

Congrats, happy for u! Enjoy motherhood!!! Yummy looking ladoos!

Deepthi Shankar said...

Congratulations Ramya.

Anupama said...

Hearty congrats Ramya! Eat healthy and enjoy the experience... post some pics of your little guy as well :-)

Sneha said...

Wow! Congrats Ramya! Enjoy your little one!

Pavithra Kodical said...

Congrats Ramya.. Antinunde is one of my favorite.. healthy and tasty :)

Vanamala Hebbar said...

antinunde naanu thindini...nice to have occationally right

soms said...

Congrats Ramya!!! I too was blessed with baby boy on 18th octber. Bet motherhood is such a joy n blessing...
My parents r here with me for my bananthana and feeding the same antinunde everyday...

3kay said...

Hi Ramya!

I found this blog very recently while googling for a bisibelebhath recipe. I tried yours and it turned out superb! Thank you for that.

congratulations on the little one. I'm due in March and I'll be going to Columbia Asia in Yeswantpur.

Glad to see you blogging again!
Krishna Katyayani

Rupa said...

Congrats on your new bundle of joy! I had antinunde during my bananthana. At that time, very few people seemed to know about it. Now, it's easily available even in bakeries I noticed when I was in India very recently.

Unknown said...

Congrats. Laddu looks delicious.

Nammaruchi.blogspt.com said...

Congrats..happy motherwood, unde looks yummy

snavile said...

Ramya,

I check the blog once in a while and am always tempted by the pictures. Hopefully I'll try your recipies one day. It would be easier if I could reach out and get it from the computer :)
You are amazing! Having a new baby and still blogging and keeping up positive spirits. You are blessed!

fan of your blog,
Suma

Dori said...

Congratulations on the baby boy! Enjoy him :) The laddu's look too delicious!

Shrutzz said...

Congrats Lady!!!
Hey, my ajji used to prepare this and whenever I travelled to Shimoga, this was a must have...I miss that now:( Thanks for sharing the recipe..

what is Edible gum in kannada called?

Anonymous said...

Ramya, Wonderful blog. I visit it regularly. too good. Keep it up

Anonymous said...

Congrats Ramya. Wish you good luck.
Can this Edible gum be powdered instead of frying in ghee and made laddoos.


Thank you

Bharathi said...

I stumbled upon your blog while searching for Punarpuli saaru. You have done a fantastic job here! Now I know where to look for Mangalore recipes. By the way, I am from mangalore.

Happy Holidays!

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Cynthia said...

Happy New Year!

Swetha said...

Congratulations!!!
The anttinunde looks yummy.
Even in North Karnataka they are known as antinunde only. Karidantu is a little different from antinunde. Rest well.

nalinisharma said...

Dear Ramya,I stumbled upon your blog while searching for Gum laddus for my daughter in law..Thanx for posting it...God bless you family..warm regards