Chhatarpur. In the district, such laddu is being eaten for years in which neither oil, ghee nor sugar is added. Still this laddu is called the famous laddu of the district. Actually, this laddu is made from jaggery and lye, the demand of which increases during the cold season in the district.
Mahesh Gupta Local18 While talking to him, he says that he has been making laddus using lye for the last 10 years. Working to sell in the market. Although this laddu is eaten everywhere but in Chhatarpur it is made in a different way. People here eat it a lot too. In this market, all the shopkeepers selling lye laddus are sold out. Whatever I have made will be finished by the evening because lye laddu is eaten in every house during the cold season. Most people buy it because of its cheapness.
This is how to make laddus
Mahesh explains that to make lye laddus, firstly the jaggery is heated and then its syrup is prepared. After this, laddus are tied by adding crunchy lye to the jaggery syrup. The ratio for tying laddus is equal i.e. 1 kg of jaggery is mixed with 1 kg of lye to make laddus.
Demand increases in winter
According to Mahesh, lye laddus are eaten here for 12 months. But there is a lot of demand in winter because people here eat jaggery in winter and this is laddu made of jaggery only. Besides, it is light in weight and cheap.
Iron is present in jaggery
Consuming this lye-jaggery laddu does not cause iron deficiency in the body. Besides, it also contains calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus etc. Eating jaggery is healthy to maintain the level of hemoglobin in the body.
This is a favorite of old people
Ladi laddus are mostly eaten by old people. Although new people also eat. But they don’t eat as much as older people do. Mahesh Gupta says that he has been doing the work of selling lye laddus for years because the profit in it is also good. The cost of all the laddus currently kept is Rs 1500. If it is sold for Rs 2500, it becomes a net profit of Rs 1000. 40 percent profit can be easily made in this.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: November 13, 2024, 16:37 IST
