Rava Laddoo

Rava Laddoo is one of the easiest and quickest laddoos you can make. This laddoo, a sweet dish is prepared using roasted semolina, sugar and cloves is sure to treat your taste buds.

Ingredients:

Rava/Sooji/Semolina – 2 cups
Sugar Granules – 1 1/2 cups
Water – 1 cup
Cloves, powdered – 1 tsp
Cashew nuts – 10
Raisins – 10
Ghee – 3 tbsps +1 tsp
Salt – a pinch

Method:

1. 1. Heat 1 tsp of ghee in a pan. Roast cashew nuts and raisins. Remove from pan and keep aside.
   2. Heat 3tbsps of ghee in the pan and roast rava/semolina on medium flame until it turns slightly white and a nice aroma comes out. Remove from fire and spread it on a plate.
   3. Take sugar and water in a pan and let it boil. Just before this syrup reaches a single thread consistency, turn off the heat.
   4. Now mix the roasted rava/semolina, roasted cashew nuts, raisins,salt and powdered cloves. Mix well.
   5. Let this mixture cool down little bit.
   6. Mix it again thoroughly. When this mixture has cooled enough to touch, take lemon sized portions of the mixture and press it tightly with your palm to form laddoos. Smear little ghee to your palm if required.
   7. Place the laddoos in a plate to cool down to room temperature.
   8. Serve. You can store these laddoos in an air-tight container for a week.