Rava Kesari

India is a land of sweets.  Every good news is celebrated with sweets. One of the famous and most commonly made Indian sweet is Sheera or ravakesari.  Rava Kesari is a tasty low calorie Indian recipe. This can be made with simple ingredients available in most homes. This recipe seems to be easy, but it requires lot of practice and patience to bring in the right texture.

Ingredients:

Rava (semolina)                           1 cup

Water                                           2- 3 cups

Sugar                                          1 3/4 cups

Almonds, Cashew nuts and raisins -3 tbsp (fried in ghee)

Orange edible food color             - a pinch

Kasseri color                                ¼ tsp

Ghee                                            1/2 cup

Cardamom                                   4 to 5(well crushed)

Method:

• Roast the Rava for two minutes with a tablespoon of ghee.
• Boil the water and add orange & Kesari color powder.
• Add  the boil water to Rava slowly. Stir continuously while adding Rava to avoid lumps.
• Cook Rava for 2 minutes then add the sugar slowly, just the way you added the rava, so it blends in well. Cook for a minute and then add ghee. Cook for 5 minutes till the ghee comes out of the rava.
• Again add the remaining ghee, heat a little, add cardamom, cashews, raisins fry till nice golden brown and add to the rava. Keep stirring once again till the Kesari thickens
• Pour the ghee generously, and stir well. Don’t let it stick to the bottom.
• The ghee starts oozing out on the sides. That’s the perfect time to turn off the flame.
• Tasty rava Kesari is ready. 

For Fat (and hence tasty) version:

• Add lot of dry fruits.
•  you can add whole milk with water (50% water, 50% milk)
• Use  ghee generously.
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