Pakatale Rava Ladoo – Marathi Recipe

Instructions

• Heat up a pan and add ghee.
• Add rava and roast it a little.
• Roast rava on medium heat for about 7-8 minutes.
• Rava should not change its color. Stir the rava continuously while roasting.
• Turn off the gas and let the rava cool down.
• Transfer the rava into a blender and blend it.
• Do not make powder but rava should lose its coarse texture.
• If you don’t want then you can skip blending.
• Heat up a pan and add sugar.
• Add water and mix well. Bring the mixture to boil.
• When sugar dissolves and the mixture boils, then reduce the heat to medium.
• Continue to cook for 7-8 minutes more until the syrup gets single thread consistency.
• To check the consistency take syrup in a spoon and let it cool down.
• When it cools down, check the consistency taking syrup in 2 fingers.
• The syrup should have single thread consistency and it should be nice and a little thick.
• Turn off the gas and add cardamom powder.
• You also can add saffron or dry fruits if you want.
• Add roasted and blended rava and mix well.
• Cover and rest the ladoo mixture for about 1-1/2 hour.
• Open the lid and roll ladoo. Pakatale rava ladoo are already.
• If the syrup is raw, if you are unable to roll the ladoo then cook the ladoo mixture in the microwave for about 5-7 minutes.
• So that the mixture and the syrup will thicken up a little and you will be able to roll ladoo.
• If the syrup is too thick and if you are unable to roll ladoo, then transfer the mixture into blender.
• Blend the mixture to loosen it up.
• Add about 2-3 tsp syrup and roll ladoo. You also can add milk and roll ladoo.