RAVA KESARI

 Rava Kesari,an ubiquitous and very delicious sweet in South India. Its very easy to prepare and doesn’t require much time. Its prepared by combining semolina,ghee and sugar.Here is the recipe.

Ingredients

 

 

 

 

Semolina-1 cup, Water- 2 cups, Sugar-1 1/2 cups, Ghee- 3 tbsp, Cardamom-1/4 tsp,Cashews- 7–8 nos, Raisins- 8 nos, Orange or yellow food color- a pinch.

 

 

 

Procedure- In a pan add 2 tsp of ghee and roast cashews and raisins and keep it aside. In the same pan add semolina and roast in mild heat and switch off. Heat water till you can see the bubbles. Add the boiling water to the roasted semolina and keep stirring till the contents form a semi solid mass. Now switch off the stove.

 

 

At this stage add sugar over the cooked semolina . You can notice small lump formation after adding sugar.This is normal phenomenon, as lumps are formed due to crystallization of sugar. Keep stirring in mild heat till the lumps dissolve completely. At this stage add ghee, roasted cashews,raisins and cardamom powder and mix well in mild heat.You can now see contents have blend well forming a semi solid consistency. Now switch off the stove.

 

 

 

 

 

Keep it covered for 30 minutes. You can notice the consistency of the sweet has changed from semi solid to solid consistency. Now the dish is ready to serve.