Rava Laddu

The Recipe:

Rava : Sugar = 1:1

• Roast Kaju in ghee and keep aside.
• Roast Sooji in ghee and keep aside.
• Roast grated coconut to remove raw smell and add to the sooji.
• The qty of coconut is andaaza (small qty is enough)...for 6 rice cups of sooji, we added half chippa of coconut.
• Add sugar in a skillet and add few SPOONS of water.
• For 6 rice cups of sugar, we added around 1/2 cup of water.
• Just make sure that the sugar is soaked enough in water. Let the sugar dissolve. Get to the theega pakam stage (i.e. from your fingers,we should get strings when tried 2-3 times consecutively).
• Add the Kaju-Sooji-Coconut mixture into this along with elachi and mix very well and switch off the stove in a minute or so.
• Let the mixture cool down enough so that you can make balls. Wet your hands with warm milk and roll if you are unable to roll balls.