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Besan Rava Ladoo

I am a fan of North Indian sweets even some of them are too sweet for me. Apart from the sweetness the other ingredients are so tempting like, Malai, nuts, and ghee roasted flavors. So this weekend was in a light health mode and all I wanted was to put a break to health for a day and indulge myself in some junks too. The so called "Cheat day".
Among the junks I preferred making this ladoos as it cannot be completely named as junk and it's prepared at home too. I can stop me having the other junk foods outside like KFC and all, coz it would end my day up in a huge regret. Homemade foods have the privilege of having a check on how much you have to put each ingredient to make it little guilt free.
So for those who does not know, besan is Chick pea flour and Rava is Semolina. Both are great sources of protein and fiber, so these ladoos are great for people who hate besan and rava otherwise as in these ladoos you won't feel the tastes separately.

Shelf life is also pretty good as the flours are roasted. It can live in room temperature for 3 days and 1 week in refrigerator.
Ingredients: 

Besan - 1/2 cup
Rava - 1/2 cup
Ghee - 3/4 cup
Powdered Jaggery - 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp
Water 1/4 cup
Raisins
Almonds

Method:
Pour half ghee in a pan fry the besan flour, until raw taste is gone. This would take 7 to 8 minutes, when it turns golden brown. Keep it aside. Repeat the same for rava as well.
In the same pan pour water and jaggery and cook in till 2 thread consistency. Add the cooked besan and rava to it and mix well. Allow it to cool for 5 minutes, then it takes a wet sand form. Drizzle a little bit water and make balls out of it.  Cool and use it.


Note:  if the mix is too sandy we cannot make ladoos and that's the reason we drizzle a little bit water. Make sure you don't add more water. 
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Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

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