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Rava ladoo with coconut

A super simple yet delicious recipe of semolina laddoos, with coconut and dried fruits that are melt in the mouth - a delicious festive treat!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 12 ladoos
Course: Dessert, Snack
Cuisine: Bengali, Gujarati, Indian, Maharashtrian
Calories: 93

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup rava/sooji semolina
  • ¼ cup desiccated coconut
  • 7-8 tbsp milk warm
  • ½ cup castor sugar
  • 2 tbsp ghee
  • 1 tsp cardamom powder
  • 3-4 tbsp mixed nuts (almonds, pistachios, cashews) chopped
  • 8-9 raisins

Equipment

  • Shallow cooking pot

Method
 

  1. Heat a shallow cooking pot and add the ghee. Fry the nuts and raisins until golden brown, remove and keep aside. Next add the rava and roast it, on a medium low flame, until you get a nutty aroma
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  2. Then add the coconut and roast for another 5-7 minutes
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  3. Remove in a separate bowl and once it comes to room temperature, add the nuts and the cardamom powder. Mix well
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  4. Next add the sugar and mix until homogenous
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  5. Now, add the milk, tablespoon by tablespoon to the rava-coconut mixture until it starts holding shape. Shape them into ladoos and stick a raisin on top
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  6. Let the rava ladoos with coconut rest for 15 minutes before eating, so that their shapes firm up. Enjoy with friends and family!
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Notes

  • You can adjust the amount of sugar to be added as per taste
  • Add the milk gradually so that you know when to stop adding, once the mixture sort of forms a dough enough to start shaping the ladoos
  • 1 cup = 250 milliliters
  • tbsp - tablespoon
  • tsp - teaspoon