Rava Laddu - New

                      A post after nearly 3 years.Incredible yet true.Even in those days, when cooking videos were not so common in YouTube,I was not for any advertisements for my blogs; now unimaginable, the You Tube is flooded with the videos of so many recipes, for a single dish, each with some variation and zeroing in on any required recipe may not be that easy.

             To me, writing these recipes is to save for me, something that tried for the first time for future use; it is pretty much easier than turning the pages of our cookery book.Gone are the days of the laptop;that too with the mobile phone, it is a child's play.

                                               Rava Laddus

Ingredients :

Roasted Rava / Sooji     1 cup.
Sugar      1.5 cup
Grated coconut   1.5 cup
Ghee  3 tbsp.
cardamom Powder, Raisins, Cashew, Almond.

Method :

1. If the Rava is roasted already, well and good. If not, heat 1 tbsp of Ghee and      roast the Rava. Set aside.

2.Heat 1 tbsp. of Ghee, saute the coconut slightly.

3.Add half cup of water to the sugar. Place on the stove, keep on stirring until a 
   single string consistency is formed.

4.Add the Rava, coconut, cardamom powder, roasted raisins and nuts to the 
   syrup.Mix well.It may be watery; don't panic.As time goes, the syrup is 
   absorbed. Smear the palm with Ghee and make into balls.

With 1 cup of Rava, nearly 25- 27 laddus of 600 grams can be made.

Besan Laddu

                 Besan Laddu tastes somewhat similar to our Pasipaparuppu  / Moong Dhal Laddu.

                But the Besan Laddu can be made faster.

Besan Laddu

To make 20 Laddus :

Ingredients :

Besan Flour / Kadalai Mavu     1.5 cup
Sooji / Rava   1 tbsp.
Powdered  Sugar   1 cup
Ghee   0.5 cup
Sliced Almond  5 tbsp.
Cardamom Powder   0.5 tsp.

For Garnishing :

Ghee   1 tbsp.
Saltless and broken Pistachio   1 tbsp.

Method :

1. In a thick Kadai, mix well the Besan Flour, Sooji and Ghee.Keep on the stove and roast on medium flame.Take care that it does not get burnt. Roast till it starts turning colour, giving an aroma.Switch off, stir for a few minutes.

2. Mix the Sugar, Cardamom Powder and the Almonds. When the mixture is hot but can be handled by the hands, smear the palms with Ghee and make into Laddus.

3. After making all the Laddus, take one Laddu, dip one end in Ghee and touch the Pistachio with the same end so that the Pista stick to the Ghee. Repeat with all the Laddus.The tasty Laddus are ready.