Thursday, February 28, 2008

RAVA KESARI

Ingredients:
1)1 cup semolina/sooji/rava
2)1 1/2 cup sugar [depends on how sweet u want]
3)1/4 cup ghee [u can certainly reduce the amt of ghee]
4)2 1/2 cups water
5)A pinch of orange food colour
6)A pinch of saffron
7)1/4 tsp powdered cardomum
8)8-10 cashew nuts

Method:
1)Heat water and let it boil.
2)Heat a tbsp ghee in a pan.Roast cashewnuts till golden brown.Remove this from the pan & keep it aside.
3)In the same pan roast sooji till raw smell disappears.Add sugar & mix well.
4)Add this to the boiling water,keep stiring and make sure there are no lumps.
5)Add food colour,cardomum and little ghee.Mix well.
6)Keep stirring till this mixture begins to thicken.
7)Add ghee till all the water is absorbed and kesari begins to leave the sides of the pan.
8)Switch off the heat. Add cashewnuts and sprinkle saffron on top.
9)Serve hot.

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