Introduction: Coconut Rava Ladoo

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Sweet treats mainly made with coconut, semolina, clarified butter and a hint of cardamom.

Step 1: Ingredients

Rava / Semolina / Sooji - 1 cup

Freshly grated Coconut - 1 cup

Sugar - 1 cup

Boiled Milk - 3 tbsp

Ghee / clarified butter - ½ cup

Green Cardamom - 3

10 Cashew nuts (broken)

10 Raisins

Step 2:

Heat 1 tsp of ghee in a pan and fry cashew nuts and raisins on low flame till cashews turn light brown. Keep it aside in a bowl.

Step 3:

Now roast the semolina on low flame in the same pan till it starts leaving a nice aroma. Keep stirring. Remove from the pan and let it cool down completely.

Step 4:

Now roast coconut on low flame for 2 minutes.

Step 5:

Grind sugar and cardamom pods to a fine powder. I grounded the roasted semolina too.

Step 6:

Mix sugar, coconut and roasted semolina in a large bowl. Add fried cashews and raisins and mix it well.

Step 7:

Heat the ghee in a small pan and when its hot, pour the ghee over the semolina mix and mix it well. Add boiled milk and combine.

Step 8:

When its warm itself start making small balls of the mix. Take a portion of the mix in your hand and press fingers together to form a ball. Follow same procedure to make all balls.

Step 9:

Once it completely cools down, store it in an air-tight container.

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