Dry Coconut Rava Ladoo or Yendu Kobbari Rava Laddu, made with dry coconut and Rava, is a popular Indian sweet prepared during festivals like Deepavali. We mostly make this Rava Laddo with fresh coconut, this time we used Dry Coconut or Copra. Rava Laddo is one of our favorite sweets and also the easiest that you can make. While Amma makes this whenever she feels like it or somebody asks, this is almost always made during Deepavali.
This time when we tried the Rava Laddo with copra, we found that this was more intense with the dried coconut getting roasted.
For the whole of this week, I wanted to share some of the simple sweets and savories we make during Deepavali. While my Deepavali Sweet and Savory List is already bursting out, I found that we still have so many to cover!
Yendu Kobbari Rava Laddu ~ Dry Coconut Rava Ladoo
Ingredients Needed:
1 cup Semolina / Rava
1 cup Sugar
1/2 cup Dry Coconut Grated / Copra grated
3 tbsp Ghee
3 tbsp Milk
A Pinch Cardamom Powder
10 nos Cashew nuts
10 nos Raisins
Method to prepare:
Heat a nonstick pan with 2 tsp of ghee. Roast the cashews and raisins, when the raisins balloon up, drain and keep them aside.
In the same pan, roast the grated coconut. Remove once done.
Add the remaining ghee and roast the Rava till it is well roasted and the aroma starts coming out.
In a bowl, take all the roasted Rava, Nuts, Coconut and add the Cardamom powder. Add the sugar. Mix well.
Then slowly add the warm milk into the bowl. Check if you are able to gather as balls. When you find that milk added is enough to get you laddoos, transfer it back to the pan and cook in sim for 2 mins. Mix well and then cover it and let it rest for 2 mins. Then immediately make balls or laddoos.
Since we add milk, it's best to consume it within 5 days of making them. If you store them in the fridge, you can have them for a week.
If you find the mix to be very hot to handle, grease with ghee or milk and quickly gather as balls.
Recipe
Yendu Kobbari Rava Laddu ~ Dry Coconut Rava Ladoo
Ingredients
- 1 cup Semolina / Rava
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1/2 cup Dry Coconut Grated / Copra grated
- 3 tbsp Ghee
- 3 tbsp Milk
- A Pinch Cardamom Powder
- 10 nos Cashew Nuts
- 10 nos Raisins
Instructions
- Heat a nonstick pan with 2 tsp of ghee. Roast the cashews and raisins, when the raisins balloon up, drain and keep it aside.
- In the same pan, roast the grated coconut. Remove once done.
- Add the remaining ghee and roast the Rava till its well roasted and aroma starts coming out.
- In a bowl, take all the roasted Rava, Nuts, Coconut and add the Cardamom powder. Add the sugar. Mix well.
- Then slowly add the warm milk into the bowl. Check if you are able to gather as balls. When you find that milk added is enough to get you laddos, transfer it back to the pan and cook in sim for 2 mins. Mix well and then cover it and let it rest for 2 mins. Then immediately make balls or laddoos.
- Since we add milk, it's best to consume within 5 days of making them. If you store them in the fridge, you can have them for a week.
vaishalisabnani says
Everyone knows about my love for ladoos , bookmarking this one to try sometimes later , it sounds so good .
Mayuri Patel says
I've not as yet tried rava and coconut laddoos. These laddoos are so tempting. Bookmarking this recipe to try it out soon.
Rafeeda - The Big Sweet Tooth says
I never knew copra can be used for making sweets too... I would love to have a couple of those laddoos...
Ritu Tangri says
Delicious looking ladoos. Want to grab at least one 🙂
Veena Krishnakumar says
Lovely. I havent made this combination as yet.let me try this soon
Varada says
The ladoo look great! We usually make just rava or rava/besan ladoo for Diwali. I have to try your rava coconut combo.
Sharmila - The Happie Friends Potpourri Corner says
Add dry coconut is a good thought ,i think i has its own taste anyways..
Sandhya Ramakrishnan says
This is a good combination of flavors. I had made rava ladoo and coconut ladoo and this is both combined in one.
Priya Suresh says
I can sit and have this laddoos very much without any guilt, favourite of mine.
themadscientistskitchen says
This is the same ladoo you had sent me the recipe? I love the use of dry coconut.
sushma says
I always make coconut ladoo with fresh coconut, will try this version too next time. Looks delicious.
Mireille Roc (@ChefMireille) says
the coconut in these ladoo must make them taste awesome
Harini-Jaya R says
Good one. I always add dry coconut powder to rava for rava laddus. Looks like I should try rava laddu with out coconut powder :).
Priya Srinivasan says
Ladoos are one of the easiest and quickest sweets to make! And versatile too! These dry coconut ladoos must be so much intense in flavor!
Kalyani says
loved the use of dry coconut here ! must try 🙂