Rava Ladoo | Rave Unde |Sooji laddu

Rava Ladoo | Rave Unde is one of the most easiest sweet recipe to prepare at home. Unde in kannada refers to spherical /round shape. As this sweet dish is made with sooji (rava) , it is Rava Ladoo. No expertise is needed to prepare this sweet , it's a beginner level dessert with minimal ingredients . This sweet is quite common during festivals like Diwali , Janmashtami and Varamahalakshmi .

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This recipe is very easy and simple. No condensed milk or No sugar syrup, it's a most basic recipe with only sooji , coconut , sugar and ghee as main ingredients. Use only medium or fine Sooji to make this ladoo . To make a delicious rava ladoo , firstly roast sooji with a teaspoon of ghee till fragrant . Use a good quality home made desi ghee to make any Indian Sweets , it gives nice aroma and taste to the dish. Also fresh grated coconut is used here , you can use dessicated coconut too. Ghee / clarified butter is used to bind the ladoo . Also 1-2 tablespoon of warm milk can also be sprinkled to bind ladoo's. Though adding milk is optional , as it is easy to bind , I use it.

I made this rava ladoo on the occasion of Varamahalakshmi festival . For me this festival is associated with a friend of mine - Sowmya . Her divinity , faith and religious belief for this particular festival made me to follow and pray Goddess Lakshmi on this day . Though she is 1000 miles away from me, I remember her and do all sweets and savouries on this day .

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Popular recipes on blog for Varamahalakshmi Festival are : Obbattu , Puliyogare , Chitranna , Matar Kheer , Moong dal Payasam , Besan Ladoo and Coconut Barfi. Also few prashad recipes are Banana Rasayana , Gojjavalakki , Sweet Poha and Greengram Usal .

RECIPE CARD FOR RAVA LADOO | SOOJI LADDU |RAVE UNDE:

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Step by step directions for making Rava Ladoo:

Take ⅔ or ¾ cup sugar in a mixer ,add cardamom pods.

Blend to a fine powder. Set it aside till use.

Heat 2 tablespoon of Ghee on a thick bottom pan , add raisins fry well till golden brown and remove .

Add in cashew pieces and fry till golden brown , remove and set aside for later use.

In the same pan , add 1 1 /4 cup of sooji and fry on a low to medium heat .

Rava grains should look separated.

Now add in fresh grated coconut to roast rava and continue to roast on a low heat , till aroma wafts.

It looks grainy and entire kitchen fills with aroma of fresh coconut with rava.

Now turn the flame to very low heat , keep on simmer. Add in powdered sugar to the rava/ sooji mixture and mix well.

Add fried cashews and raisins and mix well.

Turn off the heat. Add ghee part by part to the rava mixture .

Mix well .

Sprinkle milk , mix with sooji mixture. Milk is optional , you can even skip this .

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Take handful of sooji mixture .

Bind together like a ball to form ladoos of desired size.

Store in an airtight box and serve as needed.