Introduction: Coconut Rava Ladoo
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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Coconut Challenge