LADDUS!

Laddus made of Rava/Semolina/Cream of Wheat with coconut, is my contribution to Nupur from 'One Hot Stove" blog's "A to Z Indian Vegetables" 's event.This week's letter is "L", thanks for hosting Nupur!:)


Instead of making my own dish, this week I thought I would make this delicious Coconut Laddu recipe from Suma Gandlur at Veggie Platter for a change which tempted me to no end!;D
I usually make Rave Unde as we call them in Karnataka, classic dessert without coconut as my mom makes them.I wanted to try with coconut this time.Since I wanted make just about 10 Laddus using dry desiccated coconut,I am giving you my proportions to make these as well as Suma's recipe with fresh coconut,which I am sure tastes lot better than mine!Rest of the method of how to make them are basically same as Suma's recipe.Click on the highlighted link at the bottom of this page to go her site and for the original recipe from Suma.


Rava-Coconut Laddus:



To make about 10 small Laddus with dry coconut my way;You need:
1/2 cup roasted Semolina in 1/2 tbsp ghee,1/2 cup dry desiccated coconut ,1/3 cup or more Sugar or to your taste,3 tbsp Ghee (clarified butter),1 tbsp Almonds or Cashews,1 tbsp Raisins, 1-2 tbsp milk just enough to mix and to help to make round balls and 1/2 tsp cardamom pd.Since I used dry coconut instead of fresh,I used just enough milk to bind at end of the cooking to make Semolina rounds.If you use fresh coconut,it does have enough moisture to bind itself as Suma's recipe points out below without milk.

How I made it:
1. Roast Semolina in 1/2 tbsp ghee until pinkish and you get a good toasted aroma,spread on plate or paper towel to cool.
2. Heat 3 tbsp ghee,add nuts and raisins.When the raisins plump up,add in semolina,dry coconut,sugar,Cardamom pd and mix well until sugar melts and taste it to balance the sugar.
3. Take off the heat ,cool it slightly and add about 2 tbsp milk just enough to help you bind.Mix well and take a lump ,make balls by pressing gently to shape with your palm.(I know it's hot and you get red palm but hey! do you want to eat them or not??!!!:p)
4. Cool them before you store in air-tight dabba(box), Enjoy!:)



Here is the original recipe from Suma with fresh coconut: Check out Coconut Laddus in her site as well!:))
You need:
Rava / Semolina - 1 Cup,Sugar - 1 Cup,Coconut- 1 whole,Raisins & Cashews - 1/4 Cup,Ghee - 1 Tbsp and Powdered cardamom seeds - 1/4 tsp.
To make laddus:
Fry the rava on a low flame till it starts to give a strong aroma and turns light brown. Let it cool.Grate the fresh coconut.
Heat ghee in a small pan. Toast both raisins and cashews in the ghee till cashews turn golden brown and raisins become plump.
Now mix all ingredients and make medium sized balls /laddus out of it.

Thank you so much Suma for a delicious dessert.Have a great weekend you gals!:)