RAVA KESARI

By: Sreedevi Jayadev‎

 Rava kesari is one of the easiest sweets recipe.

Rava - ½ cup
Sugar - ¾ cup
Ghee - 4 tbsp
Kesari colour - 2 pinch
Salt - a pinch
Water - 2 cups
Cardamom powder - ½ tsp
Cahews, raisins - few

METHOD
• Keep a plate ready greased with a drop of ghee..
• Heat 1tbsp of ghee in a kadai and fry the cashews till golden brown.Remove and set aside. In the same ghee , roast rava for 4 minutes till u get a nice aroma. Do in medium flame with constant stirring.Else rava may be burnt and color will change.Remove the roasted rava in a plate.
• Now add 2 cups of water , a pinch of salt , kesari color in a kadai and let it boil for few minutes.
• When the water starts to roll boil vigorously, simmer the flame completely.Add the roasted rava in one hand and stir the mixture using a ladle in the other hand.Mix well till all the water gets absorbed by the rava.Take care, it splashes.Cover and cook the rava for 5-6 minutes in low flame.Stir once in between.
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• After 5-7 minutes , rava will be well cooked and soft. Now add all the sugar and remove the kadai from fire..Keep stirring continuously. The mixture will become watery.Small lumps may be formed here and there but if u keep on stirring vigorously, lumps will break and the mixture becomes thick.( After adding sugar , if u keep mixing on fire , more lumps may form.So mixing off fire helps to reduce the lumps.Follow this step if u r a beginner, else u can mix rava and sugar directly on fire, keep stirring to break lumps.)
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• Again keep the kadai on stove and start mixing.Do in medium flame .
• Mix until all the sugar dissolves and mixes with rava.Mixture will become slightly thick.Now add 1 tbsp of ghee and cardamom powder, mix well for 2-3 minutes.
• Kesari will start to leave the sides of the kadai. As soon as it leaves the sides,add the remaining ghee.Mix well,switch off the flame & remove the kadai. It will slide from the kadai without sticking.
• Transfer it in a greased plate/ bowl. When it cools down unmould and cut into desired shapes. Garnish with fried cashew and kismis.