Carrot Rava Laddoo / Carrot Semolina Sweet Balls
Sooji Carrot Laddu, an Indian style sweet treats which are kids friendly, school snack, lunch box, storage friendly, Indian festive recipe. Recipe below has step wise pics & tips.
Equipment
- Blender/ Spice Grinder/ Mixie.
- Sauce Pan / Vessel (for stove-top method)
Ingredients
- ½ cup Grated Carrot (pressed)
- 1 cup Rava / Semolina
- ¾ cup Sugar
- 2 tablespoons Milk
- 10 count Cashew nuts
- 2 count Cardamom pods
- 4 tablespoons Ghee / Melted Butter
Instructions
PREP WORK:
- Powder the cardamom pods and sugar together in a spice jar / blender. Put aside.
COOKING:
- Put a thick bottomed pan / vessel on stove top under low flame.Add one tablespoon of ghee / butter and add the cashew nuts.Fry them until they turn light brown in colour. Take them aside.
- Don’t switch the flame off, In the same pan add the rava / semolina and dry roast it, by stirring continuously until you get a nice aroma. Take the roasted rava/ semolina into a wide mixing bowl / plate.
- In the same frying pan add one more tablespoon of ghee / butter and transfer all the grated carrot.Fry the grated carrot, by stirring continuously until they shrink & reduce in quantity.
- In the same vessel/pan transfer all the roasted rava/ semolina that we kept aside. Give a thorough mix, then add the powdered sugar & powdered cardamom.
- At this stage, switch the flame off, add milk and the remaining ghee/ melted butter, thoroughly mix up everything.
ROLLING:
- Grease your palms with few drops of ghee / butter and take part of the mix into the palm, shape them into round balls/laddoos. Or else you can finely chop the cashew nuts, roll the shaped balls over them. Done!!
Notes
Please see the MAIN POST for recipe with step wise PICS & TIPS!