Rava ladoo

Ingredients: 

2 heaped cups Sooji or Chiroti Rava 2 levelled cups Sugar 1 cup grated Coconut 10-12 Cashewnuts,finely chopped 3-4 tbsp Raisins 1/3 - 1/2 cup Ghee,enough to form ladoos 1/2 tsp Cardamom powder 

 Method: 

1.Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a kadai and fry chopped cashew nuts and raisins and fry them until the cashew nuts turn golden brown in color and the raisins become plump.

2.Remove them and keep aside. In the same kadai add rava and fry until you get a nice aroma and roast with out discoloring the rava and remove it to plate.

3.In the same kadai add fresh grated coconut and fry slightly for a short time. Powder sugar in a mixie and remove it to a big bowl. 

4.Powder the roasted rava to a coarse powder,you can avoid this step if you are using baarik rava(chiroti rava). 

5.Add roasted and ground rava and grated coconut to the powdered sugar in a bowl and mix everything well and leave it aside for half an hour. Add fried cashew nuts and raisins and cardamom powder to the above mixture. Melt the ghee and add it to the mixture and mix nicely. 

By Hacchu

6.Make small balls(ladoos) out of this mixture using hands.Roll the ladoos tightly so that they would not break down when arrange in the box later. If the mixture is too dry to roll into ladoos,you can add either more warm melted ghee or some milk and mix well and start making ladoos again.