On the festival of lights - Diwali - preparing delicious sweets is a very old
tradition. People indulge themselves in making lip smacking sweets, to serve
them to their guests and exchange as gifts. Ladoo is a very popular Indian
sweet, which has a number of variety. Rawa ladoo is one such variant, which is
easy to make as well as tastes delicious. By keeping the key ingredients (ghee,
semolina and sugar) the same, you can bring in a number of variations to the
rawa ladoo recipe. For instance, you may make use of other types of dry fruits
such as walnuts, apart from cashew nuts and raisins. Sometimes, dried coconut is
also added to the recipe. In the article, we have given the simple and basic
recipe of rawa ladoo.
Rawa Ladoo Recipe
Ingredients
* 2 cups Semolina (rawa)
* 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
* 1 cup Ghee
* 1 tbsp broken Cashew Nuts
* 1 tbsp Raisins, fried
* 1 tsp Cardamom Powder, fried
Method
* Heat 1 tsp. ghee in a pan and dry roast the rawa (semolina) till golden color.
* Grind the fried rawa and powdered sugar in a mixer, to make a fine powder.
* Heat the remaining ghee and add the powdered rawa, cashew nuts, raisins and
cardamom powder. Mix thoroughly.
* While still warm, make the mixture into small lemon-sized balls.
* Cool the rawa ladoos and store them in an airtight container.
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