Ravva Laddu

Ravva laddus can be stored in an airtight container for 3-4 days. You can make these Ravva laddus for all Indian festivals and also offer these as prasadam (Nivedyam) to God.



Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups rava (semolina)
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar powder
  • ½ Cup Grated coconut
  • 1/2 cup ghee
  • 4-5 cardamoms, powdered
  • 2 tbsp cashewnuts
  • 2 tbsp raisins
  • ¼ cup warm milk

Method

  • Roast rava in 2 tbsp ghee till it turns to light brown colour.
  • Fry grated coconut in one fourth cup of ghee till coconut turns light brown.
  • Grind roasted rava and then mix all together (grated coconut, sugar powder and cardamom powder).
  • Heat the remaining ghee, fry cashewnuts (cut into very small pieces) and raisins.
  • Add it to the above mixture.
  • Add milk little by little into the mixture to make round laddu but make sure that you don’t add too much of milk.

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