Rava Laddoo

Ingredients
Semolina (Rava) - 2 cups
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 1/4 cups
Ghee - 3/4 cup
Cashewnuts - As reqd
Raisins - As reqd
Cardamom - As reqd

Preparation Method
1) Fry the semolina in a pan till it becomes brown color and a nice aroma comes. Keep aside.
2) Add ghee into the pan and fry the cashewnuts and raisins. Keep them aside too.
3) Fry the coconut in the remaining ghee till it turns reddish and keep it aside too.
4) Place sugar and 1/2 cup of water in a pan on fire.
5) Allow the sugar to get dissolved completely.
6) Add the fried semolina, fried coconut, fried cashews, fried raisins and cardamom into the pan.
7) Reduce the flame and stir continuously until the they get mixed well.
8) Remove from the flame.
9) Allow it to cool.
10) Make small balls off the above mixture.

Note: If you mixture becomes too dry and it becomes hard to shape them into ladoos, add a little milk. But adding milk will reduce the shelf life. If the laddoos have to be stored for a very long time, the coconut can also be avoided.