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rava kesari sweet /marudhuskitchen

Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes

Ingredients
  

  • Rava/sooji/semolina - 1 cup
  • Sugar - 1 1/4 cups
  • Cardamom powder - 3 tsp
  • Kesari colour/food colour - 1/2 tsp
  • Saffron - few strands
  • Water - 2 1/2 cups
  • Cashew-nuts - 10 no broken
  • Raisins /Kishmish/dried grapes - 10 no
  • Ghee - 10 tbsp totally
  • Milk - 2tbsp

Instructions
 

  • Keep ready with all ingredients and mix saffron,foodcolour and milk and keep.
  • First heat a kadai add 4-5 tbsp of ghee.
  • Add cashews and when little brown add grapes and immediately add sooji and roast nicely till nice aroma comes(light colour change).
  • Now add two and half cups of water by reducing the flame mix nicely without lumps add saffron,foodcolour and milk mix to it.
  • Now can increase the flame and cook till all the water is absorbed and becomes semisolid and at this stage add sugar.
  • It will become watery and again cook till it leaves the sides(semisolid like).
  • Now add cardamom powder and remaining ghee stir well and switch of the stove.
  • Now hot rava kesari is ready to serve.

Notes

If you want rava kesari to be cut into slices then should stir continuously for few more minutes during this semisolid stage till it forms a single mass.
Roasting rava nicely is the secret to get a perfect ravakesari.
I have not roasted nuts seperately I have done along with rava itself.
If you want nuts to be crunchy then you can roast it separately.
Adding saffron gives nice flavour to the dish.
If you are not particular about the colur then no need to add kesari colour.