Thursday, March 26, 2009

Rawa Ladoo

Ingredients:
2 Tbsp ghee
1 bowl rawa (sooji)
1 bowl sugar
1 bowl water
4-5 cardamoms
few raisins, cashews
4-5 strands of saffron

Directions:
1] Heat ghee in a pan
2] Add rawa to it and fry on medium heat till rawa starts becoming brown
3] Make cardamom powder and add to the rawa
4] Add raisins, cashews and saffron to the rawa and fry for 2-3 minutes.
5] Turn off the heat
6] In a pan mix water and sugar and bring to boil
7] Test a drop of boiling sugar syrup on a plate. If the drop spreads, continue boiling.
8] Turn off the heat after sugar syrup is ready and mix the rawa with the syrup
9] Let the mixture stand for about 4-5 hours
10] Then use some ghee to roll the mixture into balls (laddoos)