Diwali is the festival of lights. Diwali is one of the festivals that is celebrated in almost every corner of the world. With the onset of this festival, people start shopping, clean and decorate their homes and prepare flavorsome sweets, snacks and other delicacies. In fact, any Indian festival is incomplete without sweets. One of the most important sweets which is prepared in Diwali is Rava ladoo.
Rava ladoo is a traditional and delicious sweet dish which exists since several decades. It is one of the cuisines made on the festive day. It is also a typical food that is made as an item to pack for long distance travel.
For this Rava ladoo to be perfect, the consistency of sugar syrup has to be perfect. This dish is quick and easy to make. Rava ladoo can be served as a holy offering to God and is enjoyed by many on the occasion of Diwali. It is mainly prepared from semolina(Rava), ghee, coconut, sugar, dry fruits and cardamom.
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 cup Rava / Semolina / Suji (make sure take fine rava)
- 1/4th cup of Ghee (Clarified Butter)
- 1/4th cup of Desiccated Coconut (Na riyal Ka Buranda)
- 1 cup of Sugar
- 1/4th cup of Water
- 1/4 tsp of Cardamom Powder (Elaichi Powder)
- 3 tbsp of Dry fruits (Kismis (Rasins), Almonds, Cashews (kaju) chopped.
- 2 tbsp of milk if required
METHOD:
- In a large pan add 1/4th cup of Ghee. In that add 1 cup Rava and roast on a low flame.
- Make sure that colour of Rava(Semolina) should not burn. Roast until it turns aromatic.
- Next in that add 1/4th cup of desiccated coconut and roast it for 2-3 minutes.
- Turn off the flame and allow the mixture to cool down to room temperature.
- Meanwhile, take a Kadai/Vessel and prepare sugar syrup by adding 1 cup of sugar and 1/4th cup of water.
- Next boil this syrup for 5 to 7 minutes till you get one string consistency. Don't boil further.
- Turn off the flame and add roasted rava and desiccated coconut mixture into sugar syrup.
- Also add 3 tbsp of dry fruits and 1/4 tsp of Cardamom powder.
- Stir continuously to avoid any lumps .
- Cover the ladoo mixture for about 1 to 1/2 hour.
- After a hour and half open the lid and roll the ladoo.
- Rava ladoo is ready to serve.
TIP:
- To check the consistency, take syrup in a bowl let it cool down and then taking syrup in 2 fingers.
- The syrup should have a single thread consistency and it should be nice and thick
- Use homemade ghee if possible, so that it taste great.
- After adding sugar syrup to the rava mixture, allow the mixture to cool down. First it will be soft but then it will firm up after few hours.
- If the mixture looks too dry and you can't roll the ladoo, then sprinkle 2 to 3 tbsp of milk. Mix well and roll it to round balls (Ladoo).
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