Eat This For A Treat - Yummy Semolina Ladoos

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 cups semolina (known as "suji" in hindi)
• 4 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup cashews
• 1 -1 1/2 cup ghee
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cardamom powder
• 1 cup desiccated coconut

Recipe

• 1 in a heavy based pan, fry the semolina on medium heat till it turns pinkish in colour.
• 2 cool it.
• 3 grind it to a powder in a mixer/blender.
• 4 grind the sugar as well in the mixer/blender to a powder.
• 5 in a pan, pour 1 tbsp.
• 6 of ghee and in this ghee, once its hot, fry the cashews till they turn pink in colour.
• 7 now get hold of a deep bowl.
• 8 in this, add the powdered sugar, powdered semolina, cardamom powder and broken cashewnuts.
• 9 mix well.
• 10 now heat the remaining ghee in a broad heavy based pan.
• 11 once the ghee is hot, remove from heat and pour it into the bowl containing the remaining ingredients.
• 12 mix well with the aid of a spatula.
• 13 greas your palms with some ghee.
• 14 now start making lemon sized balls (ladoos) when the mixture is still warm.
• 15 it might be too hot for some, but, at the end, you will say for sure,"no pain, no gain", so do it!
• 16 once the balls are made, roll them in the coconut.
• 17 for adding a touch of creativity especially if these are treats for kiddos, then, you can colour the coconut with a drop of pink/yellow food colouring.
• 18 now, sit back, and relax.
• 19 have a ladoo now, will you!
• 20 oh and you have to store these in an airtight container!