Sooji Khoya Laddu

Sooji Khoya Ladoo in Marathi

Time: 25 minutes
Yield: 25 medium laddus

Ingredients:
2 cup Rava (fine)
1.5 cup khoya
1.5 cup sugar
1 cup water
1/4 cup ghee
1/2 tsp cardamom powder

Method:
1) Add ghee and rava into a kadai. Roast rava over medium heat for 5 to 8 minutes. Stir continuously to prevent rava from burning. Transfer roasted rava to a big thali (plate).
2) In the same kadai add crumbled khoya and roast over low heat till color changes. Transfer khoya to a bowl.
3) When rava and khoya becomes lukewarm, mix them together very gently.
4) Now, prepare one string consistency sugar syrup. For that, mix sugar and water to a medium saucepan. Bring it to a boil. Stir occasionally. To check one string consistency, dip a spoon in syrup, touch carefully with your index finger. Press your index finger against your thumb.When finger and thumb pull apart, a thin string should form between them [the string will be for fraction of a second]. OR the easy way is, once syrup starts boiling, boil for 3 to 4 minutes and turn off the heat.
5) When one string consistency syrup is done, add rava-khoya mixture. Mix nicely. Consistency of the mixture will be loose. However it will thicken after sometime. Add cardamom powder. Mix this mixture occasionally.
Once mixture is thick enough to form a ball, make laddus. Stick one golden raisin on each laddu.

Tip:
1) Even after few hours of waiting, if the mixture hasn't thicken, then microwave for a minute. This will help to thicken the laddu mixture.