Coconut and Rava Laddu

It is a traditional Indian sweet suitable for all occasions and festivals. This is the recipe which does not take a lot of time to make. I have used fresh coconut in this recipe. In Maharashtra it is known as 'rava naralache ladu'.

These ladoos are specially made during festivals like Diwali, Ganesh Chaturthi or Dussehra. Do try this best ever Coconut Rava Ladoos at home with this easy recipe.

During Ganesh Chaturthi these ladoos can be offered as bhog or naivedyam to lord Ganesh. Ladoos are favourite food of lord Ganesh. Apart from these laddus, you can also offer rava ladoo, coconut ladoo and churma ladoo.

Diwali celebration is incomplete without sweets and it adds more charm to the celebration with any homemade Diwali dish.

Festive celebration come alive when delicious coconut rava ladoo flavoured with cardamom is served. So here’s this mouthwatering, melt in mouth Rava coconut laddu recipe.

Step by step Coconut rava ladoo recipe: 

1. Take a tbsp. of ghee in a pan. Add 1 cup fine sooji and mix. Roast it on low to medium heat for 6-7 minutes. The color of the sooji should not change, so roast it lightly.
   
2. After sooji is roasted take it out in a bowl and keep it aside.
   
3. Now in the same pan, add 1 cup grated coconut (fresh or frozen) with a tbsp. of ghee, mix and dry roast over medium heat for 3-4 minutes.
   
4. Take out the coconut in the bowl of roasted sooji. Now mix together the roasted sooji and coconut.
   
5. Now take 1 cup sugar in the pan, add ¼ cup and 2 tbsp. water to it. Cook the syrup for 4-5 minutes or until the sugar dissolves or it gets little thick.
   
6. After the syrup is done, add cardamom powder and mix. Turn off the heat.
   
7. Add the roasted coconut mixture into the syrup and mix well.
   
8. Cover and allow it to rest until all the syrup gets soaked by sooji. Stir the mixture in between.
   
9. After the mixture is warm and thick, grease your hands very well with ghee. Take 2 tbsp. of mixture and roll that into a lemon sized ladoos.
   
10. Top up ladoo with a raisin or your favorite topping. Roll the laddu in coconut.
    
11. Similarly make all the ladoos.
    
       

Coconut and rava ladoo recipe below:

Fresh coconut and rava ladoo Prep time Cook time Total  20 min  10 min  30 min Melt in mouth ladoos made with fresh coconut and semolina. AUTHOR: Monali RECIPE TYPE: Sweets, Desserts CUISINE: Indian SERVES: 4-6 INGREDIENTS (measuring cup used, 1 cup=237 ml) 1 cup fresh grated coconut 1 cup fine rava/sooji 1-2 tbsp. ghee 1 cup sugar ¼ cup + 2 tbsp. water ¼ tsp cardamom powder Few raisins for garnishing DIRECTION Take fresh coconut remove the skin or brown part of it. Grate it using a fine shredder. Now take fine sooji in a pan. Add a tbsp. of ghee and mix. Roast it on low to medium heat for 6-7 minutes. The color of the sooji should not change, so roast it lightly. After sooji is roasted take it out in a bowl and keep it aside. Now in the same pan, add grated coconut with a tbsp. of ghee, mix and dry roast over medium heat for 3-4 minutes. Take out the coconut in the bowl of roasted sooji. Now mix together the roasted sooji and coconut. Now take sugar in the pan, add water to it. Cook the syrup for 4-5 minutes or until it gets little thick or close to single thread consistency. After the syrup is done, turn off the heat. Add the roasted coconut mixture into the syrup and mix well. Add cardamom powder and mix. Cover and allow it to rest until all the syrup gets soaked by sooji. Stir the mixture in between. After the mixture is warm and thick, grease your hands very well with ghee. Take 2 tbsp. of mixture and roll that into a lemon sized ladoos. Top up ladoo with a raisin or your favorite topping. Similarly make all the ladoos.    TIPS The sugar can be adjusted as per your sweet liking. These ladoos are easy to make provided you get 1 thread or ek taar consistency. If you overcook the sugar syrup beyond 1 thread consistency, the coconut ladoos would become hard. Roast sooji and coconut very lightly. Don’t brown them, as the ladoos would not get bright white color. Frozen coconut can also be used instead of fresh coconut.