Rava Laddoo

Ingredients

• Rava / Semolina - 1 cup
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Ghee - 25 gms
• Milk - 25 ml
• Cardamom powder - a pinch
• Cashew nuts - 10 whole nuts
• Raisins - 10 nos
• Grated fresh coconut - 25 gms

Method

1. Heat 2 tsp of ghee in a kadai. Once the ghee is hot enough, simmer the flame and roast cashew nuts

2. and raisins.

3. Once the raisins balloon up, remove. Then roast the grated coconut.

4. Remove once done. Keep all these aside. Add the remaining ghee and roast the Rava till its well roasted and aroma starts coming out.

5. In a bowl, take all the roasted Rava, Nuts, Coconut and add the Cardamom powder. Then add the sugar. Mix well.

6. Then slowly add the warm milk into the bowl. Check if you are able to gather as balls.

7. When you find that milk added is enough to get you laddos, transfer it back to the kadai and cook in sim for 2 mins. Mix well and then cover it and let it rest for 2 mins. Notes : For some reason I found this step unnecessary for me since it formed into perfect balls for me at the get go and even without following this step it came out super yummy. Then immediately make balls or laddoos.

8. Notes: While roasting the Rava, make sure you have the flames in sim, else there is a chance of the rava getting over roasted. Its enough to add only the required amount of milk to get you form balls. Depending on the rava and the sugar at times we may not use all the 25 gms Since we add milk, its best to consume within 5 days of making them. If you store them in fridge, you can have them for a week. The other version followed is

The rava after being roasted can be powdered using a blender. Add sugar to this and make a powder. Add a little ghee to this mixture and make small balls out of this.