RAVA LADOO I RAVA LADDU I RAVA URUNDAI - VIRTUAL TREAT FOR MY SWEET SISTER!!!

Hi friends, today special post and its virtual birthday treat to my lovely friend cum sis Nathiya. Last year, I had shared Pink Truffle. This year, we celebrated her birthday in advance at my home with birthday cake which was baked by me. Had good fun. Now I have prepared Rava ladoo/ Rava Urundai. Rava laddu is very popular sweet in special occasion. Ladoo is popular for Gokulashtami/Krishna Jayanthi/Janmashtami. Recently, I have complied recipes for Krishna Jayanthi, you can see the link of Krishna Jayanti recipes in left side bar here.  

You can prepare the rava ladoo in a short time. It needs just 20 minutes for entire process. The ingredients are easily available in our pantry so can make it anytime to enjoy the delicious sweet balls. The rava ladoo is my dad's favorite and we enjoyed it the yummy ladoo... 

 

Category	Dessert/Sweet
Cuisine	Indian
Preparation Time	5 Minutes
Cooking Time	10 Minutes
Yields	12-15

Source – My Mom

INGREDIENTS

Semolina/Rava – 1 Cup

Sugar – ½ Cup + 2 Tbsp

Ghee – 1 Tsp + ¼ Cup

Cashew nuts – 10-12

Cardamom powder – 1 Tsp  

Hot Milk – 2-3 Tsp (Optional)

METHOD

• Heat 1 Tsp ghee in pan and roast rava till get nice aroma. Don’t allow let them brown and switch off the flame. Transfer into a plate and cool it.
• Now add 1 Tbsp of ghee into the same pan, roast the cashew nuts into golden brown and transfer into the rava plate.
• Add remaining ghee into the same pan and allow melting and it will be staying warm.

• Powder the sugar with cardamom powder in a blender and transfer into a bowl, then blend the roasted rava and cashew nuts into smooth powder and transfer into the sugar bowl.
• Mix well the rava and sugar powder.
• Pour melted ghee, if it’s not hot heat it lightly and then pour into the mixture.

• Mix it well using ladle, and now it will be look like bread crumbs.
• Now take some amount and shape into round ball tightly and keep it in plate.
• Serve it…

  

NOTE

• Powder the cashew nut is optional; you can add it as it is.
• If you could not shape the ladoo add little hot ghee or hot milk and mix it well then do shape.
• Low fat Version – Add hot milk little by little instead of ghee, to shape the ladoo.
• Shelf life of Ghee rava ladoo – Can store it in room temperature for a week.
• Milk Rava ladoo – within a day or two.

VUV Ladoo Feast 

• Chimli/ Ragi sesame seed Ladoo
• Thenum Thinayum/ Foxtail Millet Ladoo
• Aval Ragi Malt Ladoo
• Peanut Mawa Ladoo
• Ragi Coconut Ladoo