Celebrate Diwali with these delicious Rava Ladoo: delicious and crumbly Indian cookies made with semolina, coconut, cashew nuts and raisins that literally melt in your mouth!
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
Indian
Prep Time25minutes
Cook Time5minutes
Total Time30minutes
AuthorManuela Zangara
Ingredients
300gms– 1 2/3 cups + 2 tbsp semolinarava/sooji
60gms– 2/3 cup fine unsweetened coconutdesiccated
180gms– ¾ cup + 2 tbspor less sugar
2or 3 green cardamoms
60gms+ 2 tbsp – ¼ cup ghee
raisins and cashew nuts as needed
Instructions
Roast the rava/sooji until aromatic.
Roast the coconut until aromatic.
In a blender, powder the sugar with the cardamom. Add the rava/sooji and coconut and grind well.
Fry the raisins and cashew nuts in ghee. Add them to the blended mixture.
Add ghee as required to make a cookie-like dough.
Make the balls and set aside to dry for a couple of hours before serving.