Rava Laddu
Ingredients
- Rava / Semolina - 1 cup
- Sugar - 3/4 cup
- Ghee - 1/4 cup
- Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp
- Cashew nuts - 1 tbsp broken
- Raisins - 1 tbsp
Instructions
- Heat 1 tsp ghee in a pan. Add the cashew nuts and fry till golden. Set aside. Now add the raisins and fry till they puff up. Set aside.
- In the same pan, add the rava. Roast in a low flame stirring often, until nice aroma comes.
- Cool and powder the rava to a fine grain consistency. If using fine kind of rava, you need not grind. Set aside. Powder the sugar.
- Sift together rava, sugar and cardamom powder. Add the fried cashew nuts and raisins.
- Melt the rest of the ghee and pour into the rava mixture. Combine well with a spoon.
- When mixture is warm, make small lemon sized balls. Allow it to rest for 1 hour. Store in an airtight container.
Notes
- Take care not to brown or burn the rava while roasting.
- If mixture is too dry and does not form balls, add little more ghee or milk to bind.
- You can reduce the amount of ghee and add milk instead, but this will reduce the shelf life.
- The laddu will be soft to touch while making but will harden and set after sometime.