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    Rava Kesari

    March 15, 2016 By Anlet Prince 2 Comments

    Rava Kesari is a Sweet dish made for festive occasions. Kesari is made with semolina. It tastes great with super soft, shiny texture without much ghee. It is traditionally served warm, but tastes equally good when chilled. The secret to make a perfect kesari is adding enough liquid to cook the rava. There are many varieties of sweet halwa recipes available in this space and this is one of them.

    Rava Kesari

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    Rava Kesari

    Rava Kesari is a easy dessert that can be prepared for any occasion.
    Cook Time20 mins
    Total Time20 mins
    Servings: 4

    Ingredients

    • 1 Cup Rava
    • 3 Cups Water
    • 2 Cups Sugar
    • 5 tblspn Ghee
    • 15 Cashews
    • ½ tsp Food Color / Kesari Powder
    • ½ tsp Cardamom Essence / Cardamom Powder

    Instructions

    • Heat 2 tablespoon of ghee in a wok.
    • Add in cashews and roast until it starts browning.
    • Take them out or ghee and set aside.
    • Add in the sooji and start roasting until nice aroma comes out.
    • switch off the flame and set aside.
    • Bring water to boil. Add in Cardamom / Cardamom essence.
    • Add the boiling water into sooji and start cooking again in medium to low flame.
    • When the water is all absorbed add in the sugar.
    • The sugar starts melting and the mixture gets a bit watery. Keep cooking until all the water evaporates.
    • Add in the remaining ghee and keep mixing them.
    • Switch off flame and add in the roasted cashews and mix gently.
    • Delicious dessert is now ready to serve.

    Step by step Photos

    Rava Kesari step 1
    1. Heat Ghee in a Pan.
    Rava Kesari step 2
    2. Add in Cashews and roast in low flame.
    Rava Kesari step 3
    3. When the Cashews start browning stop roasting. Take them out of ghee.
    4. Set them aside.
    Rava Kesari step 5
    5. Into the same Ghee add in the Sooji/ Rava
    Rava Kesari step 6
    6. Roast for few minutes until nice aroma comes or the Sooji starts to brown. Switch off the flame.
    7. Heat water.
    Rava Kesari step 8
    8. Add in Cardamom or Cardamom Extract.
    Rava Kesari step 8
    9. Bring the water to boil.
    Rava Kesari step 10
    10. Add in the Sooji and start heating in medium to low flame.
    Rava Kesari step 11
    11. Keep cooking until sooji absorbs the water completely.
    Rava Kesari step 12
    12. Add in sugar in this stage.
    Rava Kesari step 13
    13. When the Sugar melts the mixture gets little watery.
    14. Add in the kesari Food Color. Keep Cooking until the water is absorbed.
    Rava Kesari step 15
    15. Add in the Ghee.
    Rava Kesari step 16
    16. Mix gently.
    Rava Kesari step 17
    17. When the Ghee is mixed. Switch off the flame.
    Rava Kesari step 18
    18. Add in the roasted cashews and mix gently.

    Delicious Rava Kesari is now ready to serve.

    Rava Kesari

    Tips

    • Adjust the sweetness according to your taste. My version is sweeter.
    • Any Choice of nuts and Dry fruits can be added.
    • Cardamon esssence can be replaced for crushed cardamon or Cardamom powder.
    • Use a heavy bottom pan for cooking kesari as it doesnt stick to the bottom of the pan.

    Serving Suggestion

    Rava Kesari is a Sweet item. It is generally served along other breakfast recipes like idli chutney and sambar.

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    1. Vahini Manohar says

      March 26, 2016 at 2:59 am

      Rava kesari melts in the mouth. I prefer dry fruits more & more. The Cardamon leaves nice aroma in any dessert

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