Rava Laddu / Sooji Laddu

Hi Friends!!!

I am very excited to start blogging again after a short break.I know each one of you is waiting for the next recipe eagerly and here comes a very simple sweet recipe which can be made in a jiffy.
         
          Rava Laddu is a very simple sweet recipe. You can make it whenever you have a sweet craving as the recipe takes only 10 minutes to prepare. It is my dad's favorite sweet and luckily my husband also likes it very much. In fact this is the first sweet I made at home after marriage. Sorry for not posting step by step photos,but I have compensated for that by explaining in detail .There is no chance of you going wrong if you exactly follow the steps.

Ingredients:

Rava/Sooji         - 1 Cup

Sugar        - 1 Cup

Ghee       - 1/4 Cup

Cashews    - 8 to 10

Elaichi Powder  - a pinch  

Method:

1)  Put  2 tbsp of ghee in the kadai .Once hot,fry the cashews till golden brown and keep it aside.

2)  In the same pan,roast the sooji till it is slightly red in color.

3)  Powder the sugar and rava in the mixie and make it a fine powder.

4)  Sieve this Mixture. Grind the remaining coarse powder in the siever to a fine powder. Repeat this        step  until very little residue is left in the siever.
5) To this sieved mixture,add elaichi powder,fried cashews and 1/4 cup of melted ghee*(See notes).

6)  Hold the Mixture tight and you should be able to make a ball. If it crumbles down then add some more ghee and try again. Delicious rava laddu is ready in no time.Very easy rite? :P 

Notes.

1) 1/4 cup of ghee is only an approximate measurement.Actually after you add the ghee,if you hold the mixture tight,you should be able to make balls out of it.That is the correct consistency.If the mixture is crumbling,it means it is dry and you need to add little more ghee.Ghee is the only binding agent here.Do not add water .

2) Some reduce the amount of ghee and add warm mix to bind the mixture.I have not tried this method.I prefer to use ghee only.