01Jun 12
by Jay Ahmed
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I absolutely love this Rava Ladoo recipe. Rava Ladoo is a tasty dessert that is easy to make. Ladoos are small ball-shaped treats made with plenty of sugar and other spices such as cardamom, a typical spice that we Indians love to add to dessert (try these Pistachio and Cardamom Bicuits). Ladoos are excellent for parties because they are a nice, small snackable size. This is why in India they are served during holidays and festivals. Once made, ladoos can be stored and last up to a week, so you can prepare this dessert well ahead of any party you’re planning on throwing. That way you don’t have to leave them until the last minute.
Ingredients:
- 150ml unsalted butter
- 80g raisins
- 400g semolina
- 400g sugar
- ½  teaspoon cardamom powder
- 25g cashews and pistachios, crushed
- 400ml whole milk
Preparation Method:
- Crush the cashews and pistachios and set them aside. The mixture should have the same amount of cashews as pistachios.
- In a large frying pan, sauté the raisins in the butter. Stir them slowly so they are all evenly cooked. This should make the raisins nice and plump.
- Take the raisins out of the butter. Drain them well so that they are not greasy. Set them aside.
- Using the same butter, add the semolina. Stir it constantly for 3-4 minutes so that it is evenly cooked.
- Add the sugar and continue stirring slowly.
- Add in the cashew and pistachio mixture, cardamom powder and the raisins and keep stirring.
- Slowly stir in the whole milk. Stir until the milk is fully absorbed.
- Once the milk has been fully absorbed, take the frying pan off the stove and let everything cool down for 5 minutes.
- Now you are ready to make it into little lime-sized balls. Don’t wait until it gets too cold, because then it will not hold the shape. But since it is still very hot, I recommend using an ice cream scooper to form the balls.
- Leave them on a slightly greased platter. They should be separate so that they don’t stick together.
- Let them cool down for at least an hour before serving.
Makes:Â 35-40 ladoos
Takes:Â 30 minutes
Tags: butter, cardamom, cashews, desserts, Indian food, Ladoo, milk, pistachios, raisins, Rava Ladoo, semolina, sugar
This entry was posted on Friday, 1 June, 2012 at 12:02 pm by Jay Ahmed and is filed under Desserts, Less than 1 hour.
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Sounds fantastic! I´ll have to keep my eye out for this the next time I go out for Indian food.