When we think of celebration be it big or small, the first thing we want to make is something sweet. A group of bloggers initiated by Reva have joined to welcome baby Kavin and congratulations to the new mom Krithi. This seemed to be a perfect occasion to make this delicious and easy Indian dessert.
Rava Ladoo
Print RecipeBy Published: August 1, 2012
- Yield: 12 laddoos
- Prep: 10 mins
- Cook: 10 mins
- Ready In: 35 mins
Easy and tasty Indian dessert.
Ingredients
- 1 cup rava (sooji)
- 3/4 cup sugar (adjust to the level of sweetness desired)
- 8 - 10 cashews
- few raisins
- 2 cardamom pods (powder the seeds)
- 5 - 6 tbsp ghee (keep it warm)
Instructions
- Dry roast sooji until lightly brown. Allow to cool and take in a blender along with sugar. Powder finely.
- In a little ghee roast cashews and raisins. Keep aside.
- To the powdered sooji, add cardamom powder, roasted cashews, raisins and ghee. Mix well.
- Take a small amount of the mixture and make tight balls. Add more ghee if the mixture does not form a ball.
My Notes
- You can cut down on the ghee by using a little milk to bind the mix together. However, this reduces the shelf life a lot.
- Do not add all the ghee at the beginning. Add a few tbsp and mix together. If you are not able to form the ball, add some warm ghee and bring a small portion of the mix together. Form a few balls from that small portion and repeat the process for the remaining mix using warm ghee. (My mom’s tip)
Pictorial
Take sooji in a vessel and dry roast until it turns lightly brown.
Roasted and ready.
Take the roasted sooji and sugar in a blender.
Powder finely.
Heat a little ghee and roast cashews.
Cashews are golden brown.
Add the roasted cashews and cardamom powder to the sooji-sugar mix.
In a little ghee, roast the raisins.
Raisins plumped up.
Add raisins to the sooji.
Add enough ghee. (Refer to notes)
Mix well and form tight balls. Add more ghee if the mixture does not come together.
Easy and tasty ladoos ready.
Enjoy!
Checkout the other friends participating in the virtual shower Priya Suresh, Priya Sreeram, Priya Mahadevan, Radhika, PJ, Shama, Nupur Mehra, Melange, Anu, Reva and Denise in wishing Krithi a happy motherhood.
Mmmmmmm ladoos looks super tasty, tempting too.
Rava laddoos looks superb.. Loved it Vardhini.. This has always been my favourite and doesn’t fail to make me drool..
Reva
These Rava Ladoo’s are so tempting Vardhini, last week my grandmom made it too. Beautiful Clicks!
Lovely looking laddoos.. perfect
Lovely pics and delicious ladoos!
Rava ladoo is a family favorite… Gorgeous presentation and thank you for the party vardhini..
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Wow perfect ladoos…my fav they are….yum!
Love this and ur pics make it so so tempting
simple but elegant sweet- i remember my granny making it often