Rava Laddu or sooji Ladoo is a south Indian sweet that taste so delicious, which you can prepare very easily at home with minimal ingredients.
I made this Rava laddu yesterday to celebrate Rakshabandhan. This ladoo is prepared by roasting Rava(sooji) in ghee on low flame and then adding roasted Rava to the sugar syrup and allowing it cool and then make round balls out the mixture.
What is Rakshabandhan
Rakshabandhan is a festival that celebrates the bond between sister and brother. A sister ties a Rakhi thread to brother wrist, which symbolises protection and brother gives a gift to the sister.Every year my brother sent surprise gifts to my sister and me, though we are in different countries.
Step by step pictures of making Rava laddu recipe
Ingredients:
Rava /semolina/sooji – 1 cup
Sugar – 1cup
Ghee – ¼ cup
Cashew nuts – ¼ cup
Raisins -2tbsp
Cardamom powder – ½ tsp
Preparation:
In a saucepan add the sugar and little water to cover the sugar and boil for 5-10 minutes until you get 1 string consistency. Turn off the flame and keep aside.
Heat another pan with ghee, add the nuts and roast them till they turn into golden colour. Remove the nuts into a bowl and keep aside.
In the same add Rava and roast on low flame till you get a nice aroma from it. It takes approximately 15-20 minutes.
Once the rava is roasted nicely add the nuts and mix well.
Now add the prepared sugar syrup to the Rava mixture and mix well.
Add the cardamom powder, mix well.
Allow the mixture to cool for 5 minutes.
Mix the mixture again and roll into laddus when it is warm only.
Store these Rava Ladoos in an airtight jar and enjoy with your loved ones!
Note:
Roast the Rava on low flame only till you get a nice aroma.
Roll the laddoos when the mixture is warm.
Few more sweet recipes for you:
Rava Laddu Recipe | Semolina Ladoo
Equipment
- Saucepan
- ladle
- Pan
Ingredients
- Rava /semolina/sooji – 1 cup
- Sugar – 1cup
- Ghee – ¼ cup
- Cashew nuts – ¼ cup
- Raisins -2tbsp
- Cardamom powder – ½ tsp
Instructions
- In a saucepan add the sugar and little water to cover the sugar and boil for 5-10 minutes until you get 1 string consistency. Turn off the flame and keep aside.
- Heat another pan with ghee, add the nuts and roast them till they turn into golden colour. Remove the nuts into a bowl and keep aside.
- In the same add Rava and roast on low flame till you get a nice aroma from it. It takes approximately 15-20 minutes.
- Once the rava is roasted nicely add the nuts and mix well.
- Now add the prepared sugar syrup to the Rava mixture and mix well.
- Add the cardamom powder, mix well.
- Allow the mixture to cool for 5 minutes.
- Mix the mixture again and roll into laddus when it is warm only.
- Store these Rava Ladoos in an airtight jar and enjoy with your loved ones!
Notes
Roll the laddoos when the mixture is warm
Food Bloggers Recipe Swap
For this month Food bloggers recipe swap, I recreated this Rava laddu recipe from Nayna Kanabar who blogs at Simplysensationalfood.To check her blog for wonderful vegetarian recipes.
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These laddos look delicious and presented so well. Perfect for the festival of rakshabandhan.
Rava ladoo is one of our favorite. You made these perfect. Ladoo looks delicious.
I need to figure out how to make these for my daughter because she watches that show on Netflix called baby Beem and he eats these! lol
Rava laddu is a big childhood favorite! In fact, I also love moong/besan/atta laddu. So nutritious and delicious!
I would so love to try these!! They look soooo gooood. Yumm:)
These laddoos look delicious and super simple to make. I'm definitely going to have to make some!
I've never tried anything like this but they look absolutely delicious! My son loves to bake and I know he's going to love giving this one a shot. Thanks!
Your recipes sound so delicious. Great pictures too!
These looms so yummy! Pinning to try later 🙂
These little balls look so tasty, easy to make, and have such healthy ingredients. I always love all your recipes - they all look so delicious. Thanks for sharing.
I totally want to try these! They look so easy (and DELICIOUS!), and I think we have all the ingredients! 🙂
This takes me right back to my childhood! Laddu was one of my favourite treats my mom made every Diwali! I have no idea how to make them myself so this is just perfect. I want to be able to share this tradition with my son 🙂
Thank you Cendu. I am glad that you remembered your old memories with this recipe.
So interesting! Thanks for sharing a little about the culture (: I’d never heard of this festival before!
Thank you Raquel.
These look amazing and I loved learning about the festival!
Thank you Tricia Snow.
My body is not a huge fan of Indian food, but Indian sweets are SO good! These look great.
These sound delicious! I can’t wait to try them at home. Thanks for sharing.
Never heard of them but they sound and look delicious!
These look delicious! I loved learning what Rakshabandhan is in your post. The fact that it’s a festival to celebrate the bond between brother and sister is very sweet! I have two brothers and I consider us to be very close.
Thank you for reading my post and I am glad that you like it.
I usually await Diwali because I get to taste desserts like this one from different homes. The preparation styles vary and so does the taste. The image you have shared is very clear and nice. I will try this recipe for the party next month. Keep sharing such informative and useful posts!
Thank you Aastha Kapoor
Nice presentation. Good