Recipe- Easy Way To Make Rava Laddu

A simple indian sweet recipe that can be prepare within minutes and with simple available ingredients in our kitchen. The basic ingredients involved in this recipe is sugar, rava / semolina and coconut. It is an ideal sweet for diwali celebrations or for any festivals and occasions. Laddu recipes are common sweet recipes during festival season and rava laddu is one such sweet recipe. Unlike other indian ladoo’s, it requires only few main ingredients. Basically it is prepared with roasted semolina, coconut, sugar and dry fruits.

Ingredients

¼ cup ghee / clarified butter
6 cashew / kaju, chopped
2 tbsp raisins / kishmish
1 cup rava / semolina / sooji, coarse
¼ cup desiccated coconut
1 cup sugar
¼ cup water
¼ tsp cardamom powder / elachi powder
2 tbsp milk, if required

Method

* In a wide pan fry 6 chopped cashew and 2 tbsp raisins with ¼ cup ghee.

* Fry until raisins puff up and cashews turn golden brown. transfer them to the plate and keep aside.
in the same pan add 1 cup rava and roast on low flame.

* Roast the sooji until it changes colour to light brown and turns aromatic.

* Further add ¼ cup desiccated coconut and roast for a minute more.

* Turn off the flame and allow rava to cool to room temperature.

* Meanwhile, take another vessel and prepare sugar syrup by taking 1 cup sugar and ¼ cup water.
further boil for 5 minutes or till you get one string consistency.

* Turn off the flame add add roasted rava to sugar syrup.

* Also add in roasted cashew, raisins and ¼ tsp cardamom powder.

* Stir continuously to avoid any lumps formation.
after a minute, rava absorbs the sugar syrup.
when its still warm enough, prepare laddus with your palm.

* Finally, serve rava ladoo / suji laddu once cooled completely or store in airtight container for 2 weeks.