Chocolate Rava Laddu

 Those who have sweet tooth & is a huge fan of chocolates here's a laddu filled with yummieness of  dark chocolate & almond powder....
I too love chocolates & love to have a bite after lunch or dinner & love to experiment with chocolates.
Rava ladoo is  easy to make & can store it for longer time & i do make this sometimes just with milk & its boring to have the same flavor all the time....So here is my experiment with dark (cooking ) chocolate for my sweet tooth & it's so soft & fudgy & yummy :) 

  Celebrate this festival of  Ganesh chaturthi  with chocolate rava laddu in the shape of modak :)

   If you don't have a modak mould you can make it in  round shape....

Ingredients :

• 1 cup / 170 gm chiroty rava.
• 1/2 / 120 gm cup sugar.
• 2 1/2 tbsp ghee.
• 50 gm grated coconut or desiccated coconut.
• 20 almonds.
• 60 gm dark (cooking) chocolate.
• 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp  milk.
• 1 tsp cinnamon  powder.
• 1 tbsp cocco powder.

Method :

• Powder the sugar with the almonds & keep aside.

• In a pan add the ghee & chiroty rava & roast on medium flame for 10 min (do not brown it) continue stirring till the color changes slightly & you get a nice aroma.

• Add the the grated coconut & continue stirring for another 5 min.
• Add the cocco powder....

• Mix well...Next add the powdered sugar & mix well, turn off the flame after 1 min...

• Meanwhile in a bowl add the dark chocolate, milk & cinnamon powder & melt in a microwave... 

• Mix well ...Again heat the chocolate mixture on high power in microwave when very hot add  to the rava mixture & mix well immediately & allow the mixture to cool for 1 min until it' warm enough  to handled & make a dough....

• Quickly form lime sized balls by pressing the mixture in your palm into a tight fist.( you can wet your hands lightly & make laddus).
• Once it cools down it will set well...

• If you have modak mould you can press the chocolate rava mixture into the mould ( as you can see in the above pic).It's beautiful isn't :)
• If you are still not convinced about adding chocolate you can omit the cocco powder & dark chocolate & add just add 1/3 cup hot boiling milk & instead of cinnamon powder add cardamom powder to the rava mixture mix & make laddus & while making laddus press a fried raisin on the laddus. 

• As simple as they are they look beautiful & delicious......:) Happy Ganesh Chaturthi!!!