Rava Laddu | Learn to make traditional simple Rave Unde

Rava Laddu | Rava Ladoo | Sooji Laddu | Sooji Ladoo | Semolina laddu | Diwali Sweet Recipes 

Rava laddu / ladoo is a very traditional South Indian Sweet which is made in many ways, but today I have come up with a very simple method of making Rava ladoo.

We’ve always believed that traditional food is not about long hours in the kitchen. Here is a simple, easy and quick traditional sweet recipe that even a beginner can make effortlessly – traditional easy recipe - Rave unde / rava ladoo / rava laddu.

This is the way my mom use to make and even now she follows the same. When I said very simple, the ingredients are few and mostly available at home and making is very easy because it involves very few steps and can be made within 10 to 15 minutes. 

Rava ladoo when I say, I only remember ‘Chotha Bheem’ on cartoon, he is so fond of ladoo’s that he can do anything to procure laddu’s. Same here I am very fond of this Rava ladoo and I believe all kids are fond of these delicious Rava laddu.

Rava laddu is infact a festive dish but when made other times it can be a great after-meal-sweet for people with sweet tooth like me. I and my dad wanted to eat sweet after every meal; my mom would make rava ladoo and also coconut burfi and stock it in the box. Now my daughter has also picked up from our genes to grab on some sweet after meal. My mom preferred Rava ladoo only because this can be prepared with less effort and can also be stored for many days. We prefer home-made sweets more often like ladoo recipe/laddu recipe.

Yes, Rava laddu / rave unde  can be made with various ingredients, sugar syrup, dry coconut, milk, condensed milk, ghee, jaggery, Kova. I have used only Sooji or semolina, Sugar, ghee and milk and some dry fruits for the crunch. I do not go for sugar syrup instead use powdered sugar which makes the rava laddu recipe faster. And use milk to make ladoo or balls easy and soft.

Do try rava laddu this simple method, sure you will not miss to do them often. If anyone craves for home-made-healthy-snack for travel Rava ladoo / rave unde is the best option.

Rava ladoo / Rava laddu / Rave Unde                               Cuisine: South Indian Prep time – 20 minutes

Ingredients  Rava (small) or semolina - 2 cups Sugar – 1 to 1 ½ cups  Cardamom – 3  Raisins / kismis -  10  Cashews – 10  Ghee –  3 to 4 tablespoons  Milk – 1/4 cup

Method 1.  Heat a pan and add 1 teaspoon of ghee 2.  Once ghee heats up add cashews and raisins – fry them until raisins blow up / plums 3.  Add rava or semolina and fry on low heat until very good flavor comes out from rava, do not roast to brown 4.  Once rava is roasted remove to a bowl and keep it aside 5.  Powder the sugar with cardamom and add to the roasted rava  6.  Now mix together well so that sugar and dry fruits mix up well with rava 7.  While the mixture is still hot sprinkle boiled and cooled milk little by little and make ladoo or small balls of perfect round shape 8.  Add or sprinkle milk in batches and make ladoos immediately, once cooled  9.  completely you cannot make ladoos 10. In this case you can sprinkle slightly warm milk and make ladoos 11. Yes, delicious rava ladoos are ready this simple way 12. Store in air airtight container after cooling down

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Tips for Rava laddu:

1. Roast the rava or semolina on medium heat until flavors are released from rava, this is very important step for flavorful rava ladoo / rava laddu

2. At the same time do not over roast or brown color 

3. Add extra ghee if required while frying or roasting rava, so that rava gets well roasted. For rava is getting cooked only this way in rava ladoo recipe  

4. Add only small amount of milk at a time, if added more rava absorbs the milk and does not stay crunchy 

5. Can add almonds roasted as well along with cashews and raisins

Note:

1. while making ladoo, in hot rava laddu tend to be soft, need not worry once this is cooled they become crunchy

2. I have used small rava that is used to make uppittu, alternatively chiroti rava can be used 

How to Make Traditional Rave Unde with Step-By-Step Pictures

Heat a pan and add 1 teaspoon of ghee

Once ghee heats up add cashews and raisins – fry them until raisins blow up / plums

Add rava or semolina and fry on low heat until very good flavor comes out from rava, do not roast to brown

Powder the sugar with cardamom 

and add to the roasted rava 

Now mix together well so that sugar and dry fruits mix up well with rava

While the mixture is still hot sprinkle boiled and cooled milk little by little and make ladoo or small balls of perfect round shape

Add or sprinkle milk in batches and make ladoos immediately, once cooled completely you cannot make ladoos

Delicious rava ladoo is ready