Rava Ladoo

Laddu or laddoo are ball-shaped sweets popular in the Indian Subcontinent. Laddus are made of flour, minced dough and sugar with other ingredients that vary by recipe. Theyare often served at festive or religious occasions.Laddoo is an omnipresent sweet, It is referred back in olden days as the Narayl Nakru in South it dates back to the time of the Chola Empire when it was a sweet that was packed for travelers and warriors as a symbol of good luck for their expeditions.

Now I am going to prepare Rava Ladoo. The quickest ladoo for any festive. I am preparing this for Saraswathi Poojai.

Kindly excuse my poor shapping.

                                   Rava Ladoo recipe

Recipe Cuisine: Indian  |  Recipe Category: Sweet
Prep Time:20 mins    |  Cook time: 10 mins     |  Serves:2

Ingredients

Rava - 1cup

Sugar - 3/4th to 1cup

Cardamon powder -1/2 tsp

Cashews - 8 to 12nos

Ghee - 2 tbsp

Desicated coconut - 1tbsp

Milk - 1/2 tbsp (optional)

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 Method:

• First take a pan and roast the rava finely untill nice aroma rises. Dont burn it or change the colour. Keep stirring.
  
• Now powder it finely in a mixer. If ur using more amount powder it in a flour mill. Make it a very fine powder , else it will be itchy in ur throat when u eat.
• Now powder the sugar finely and set it aside.
  
• Now take a pan and add 1tbsp ghee and roast the broken cashews and add elaichi powder to the ghee. Also add desicated cocnut and saute well.
  
• Now transfer it to a cup, in the same pan add the rava and sugar powders and mix well. Switch off the flame. 
  
• Now add the fried cashews to this and mix well. Sprinkle milk around the mixture and make balls out of this. When the heat is bearable start making balls. Sprinkle milk to firm the ball. Dont add more milk, it will reduce the shell life.
  
• Firm the balls between ur palm and fingers and set them aside.
  
• Serve the Ladoooosss...