Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Rava Ladoo, Suji Ladoo, Sooji Ladoo, Rave Ladoo

This is prepared as a delicacy during festivals to distribute amongst friends and relatives or it is can be served as a snack for the children, even the elders would look it.
The preparation is very easy and is healthy as well, especially for the children.

Ingredients:

1. Sooji, suji, rave, rava - 1 kg
2. Pure Ghee 200gms
3. Sugar powdered - 750 gm.
4. Elaichi, Elaka , Elaki, Cardamon powder - 7/8
5. Milk boiled and cooled - 1/2 liter
6. Nuts ( Cashew nuts & Raisins preferable) you choice, fried in ghee.


Process:

1. Need to fry the Sooji /Rava in a pan on very low heat for at least 30 minutes, until it becomes nice and crispy when you touch it with your hand. initially fry plain Sooji/rava, after 10 minutes slowly add the ghee and fry it along with the sooji , in total for 30 minutes or more until the Rava is nicely fried , make sure the color doesn't change, but yet it is fried nicely. This needs constant stir, may be every 30 seconds.

2.once it is nicely fried take it off the flame and add the powdered sugar, and mix well in such a manner the powdered sugar and the fried sooji is evenly mixed without any lumps. Also add the powdered cardamon powder and mix well.

3. Now the mixture is ready to be shaped into Ladoo's.

4. divide the mixture into 3 parts, this is basically for convenience.

5. Sprinkle the milk that is boiled and cooled and mix well , it need not be a paste or dough , you are using the mix just to bring together the mixture and shape it into a Ladoo. Hence, sprinkle little by little and once you feel it can be rolled up into a Ladoo with your hand, roll it in your hand like you would roll up a marble in a playful manner. don't forget to add 1 or 2 fried nuts while rolling it up into a Ladoo. ( ensure that it doesn't become too sticky , because it is difficult to make it into small Ladoos)

6. And place it on a plate to dry off, once dried it should be ready to eat, you can store in nice airtight containers and eat it later as well, though cant be stored for very long because it has milk in it.


It is very simple to prepare and tastes excellent!

There are certain myths that the milk should be hot , also the mixture should be hot. Not required.

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