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Easy Rava Coconut Ladoo/ Sooji Ladoo - Diwali Sweet Ladoos is a delightful Indian sweet made on important occasions, and Indian festivals and celebrations are incomplete without delicious homemade ladoos. Ladoos are traditional ball-shaped sweets, and there are so many varieties of ladoos. Some ladoos are time-consuming, but some are easy to make with minimal ingredients. Rava ladoo is a South Indian favorite anyone can make easily at home. It is sweet and crunchy with roasted rava/semolina and freshly grated coconut. Do you love coconut? I am addicted to coconut, big time! If you are like me and love coconut flavor in desserts, you will surely enjoy these ladoos. It is my all-time favorite, and semolina is a staple in my pantry. If you have a sweet tooth, try these ladoos. They are sweet but not overly sweet. So you can enjoy it as a snack with tea and also serve it on festive occasions. And the best part, it is ready in less than 20 minutes! Roasted semolina/rava has a sweet...

Semolina Vegetable Puttu  Puttu is steamed rice cake and is Malayali's favorite breakfast. Puttu can be made with rice flour or wheat flour. This recipe uses semolina and is made even healthier by adding vegetables. I clicked this picture when my mother-in law made this for breakfast. Thanks Ammachi for sharing this recipe. Ingredients  Semolina-2 cup Grated vegetables- 1 cup (a combination of shredded carrot, beetroot, chopped beans and green peas) Coconut - 3/4 cup Sugar-1 tsp salt- 1/3 tsp water- 1/2 cup Chop vegetables and  keep aside. Take semolina in a bowl and add grated coconut.Rub in coconut using your palm.Mix sugar and salt in 1/2 cup of water and sprinkle it little by little into the semolina mixture. Mix to form a course damp mixture without lumps, resembling wet sand. To check  moisture  press handful of mixture in form of balls. It should hold together and also easily break off when crumbled. Mix in the vegetable and let...

Rava Khoya Ladoo A quick and delicious ladoo any festive occasion or to satisfy your sweet craving. It is rich and extremely flavorful with roasted semolina/rava and khoya. I have earlier posted a rava ladoo,it is an instant recipe. Rava ladoo is a family favorite and I make it often.So this time tweaked a little by adding some khoya  and  it turned out very delicious. Another variation to khoya ladoos is adding roasted and powdered sesame seeds or adding coconut instead rava/semolina. Ingredients Rava/Semolina- 1 cup Khoya- 1 cup Sugar- 3/4cup ( according to the sweetness you prefer) Ghee- 3 tsp Cardamon - 4-5 Milk- 1/3 cup Raisins- a few Cashew nuts- a few Heat 2 tsp of ghee in a pan and slightly roast chopped cashew nuts and raisins and keep aside. In the same pan roast rava/semolina till it slightly changes color to slight golden allow this to cool. Into the same pan mix ghee,milk and khoya and cook in medium flame,stir continuously till the khoya g...