Rava Laddu also known as Rava ladoo, suji ke laddu is a popular sweet made all over India during special occasions like Diwali, Krishna Jayanthy or Ganesh Chaturthi. Rava laddu is made with sooji, sugar, ghee, cashews, kishmish and cardamom. Sometimes dried fruits, sweetened condensed milk and cloves are added to make it even more special. Learn how to make this simple and delicious 10 minutes rava laddu recipe made using sooji with step by step pictures and video.
Start by roasting sooji in a dry pan on low flame till nice aroma comes from it..It will take about 4 to 5 mins. Transfer that to a plate to cool down. Now take that in a blender and powder it.
Take sugar in the same blender, add in cardamom and cloves into the sugar and powder them finely. Take powdered sugar and sooji in a bowl.
Now heat ghee in a small pan. Fry cashews and raisins till golden brown. Add this to the mixture. Mix well with your hands.
Now sprinkle small amount of milk over the mixture and keep mixing. The mixture will become little wet and crumbling. Don't add too much milk all at once. Add a tblspn at a time and mix well till the mixture resembles crumbly texture.
Once it reaches that stage. Take a small amount, press to form ladoos. Store these ladoos in an air tight container upto 1 week.
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Notes
Always keep an eye when roasting sooji, it may get burned sometime.
Roast sooji till aromatic. Once sooji is roasted, take it in a blender and powder to a fine powder.
You can add sugar as per your taste and sugar preference.
Instead of using milk to shape laddus, you can use more ghee.
Any dried fruits of choice can be used.
Don’t need to powder sooji too fine, little coarse is good.
Don’t add too much milk all at once. Add a tblspn at a time. If you add too much then the sugar will melt and the mixture will become liquidy.
Store this ladoo in an air tight container upto a week.
Serving & Storage
Rava laddu can be stored at room temperature for 2 days.You can store in fridge for longer. Enjoy rava laddu with a cup of Sulaimani tea or coffee.