Rava (Semolina) Ladoo Recipe

Ingredients

1 cup rava

3/4 cup sugar

2 tbsp. ghee

1/4 cup milk

Method

1. Take ghee in a deep sauce pan and heat.

2. Add rava and cook on low heat. Stir continuously.

3. When the rava turns light brown add the sugar. Stir for 3-4 minutes.

4. Keep aside and cool for some time. Add cardomom powder, coconut flakes and saffron.

5. Add half the milk. Mix well. 

6. Wet your hand with milk and shape the mixture in ladoos.

Sabudana Kheer

Ingredients
Sabudana (tapioca) - 1/2 cup (soaked for 2-3 hours)
Milk - 2 cups
Sugar - 6 tsp
Cardamom - 3 (opened)
Kesar - 1/4 tsp
Rose water - 4 tsp
Almonds - 5 (crushed)
Pistachio - 4 (crushed)

Method
Boil the milk in a deep pan. Add soaked sabudana into boiling milk, add sugar and let it cook on medium gas for 20 mins. Stir occasionally to make sure that the milk does not burn or the tapioca does not stick to the bottom of the pan. Pour cooked sabudana kheer into a bowl and garnish it with crushed almonds and pistachio.

Tip:
If it gets too thick, you can add some more milk and sugar to it.

Servings: 6, Preparation Time: 5 minutes, Cooking Time: 25 minutes

Akhrot Ki Barfi (Walnut Barfi)

Ingredients
• Walnuts,blanched, peeled and ground into a coarse paste.
• Mawa (khoya) - 1/2 kg
• Ghee - 1/2 teaspoon (for greasing)
• Green Cardamom Powder- 1/2 teaspoon
• Sugar - 1/2 cup

Method
Place the mawa in a non-stick pan and saute on medium heat for five to six minutes. Add sugar and continue to saute for five to six more minutes. Now add walnut paste, green cardamom powder and saute for two minutes. Spread the walnut mixture evenly on the greased tray and let it cool down to room temperature. Refrigerate for five to six hours. Cut into desired shapes and serve.

Servings: 4 , Preparation Time: 10-20 minutes, Cooking Time: 15-20 minutes

Popular Nariyal Barfi / Coconut Barfi

Coconut Barfi is a very popular and delicious Indian sweet, prepare during every Indian festival. It is very easy to prepare.

Ingredients

•	Coconut,scraped	4 cups
•	Sugar	3 cups
•	Milk	3/4 cup
•	Green cardamoms	2
•	Saffron (kesar)	a few strands
•	Ghee	2 tablespoons

Method

Mix sugar and milk well. Now add scraped coconut and mix well.

Transfer the mixture into a pan and cook, stirring continuously with a spatula.

Peel cardamoms and crush the seeds. Add crushed cardamom seeds to coconut. Mix well and add saffron. Mix again.

Continue cooking for about ten minutes or till the mixture becomes a little dry and begins to leave the sides of the pan.

Grease a tray with ghee. Pour the mixture into it and spread evenly. Cool and cut into pieces and serve.