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rava kesari recipe

Rava Kesari

A mouth-watering dessert made with semolina, sugar and loaded with ghee!
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Keyword indian sweet
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 4
Author Priya Shiva

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Rava/Semolina
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1/4 cup Ghee
  • 2 cups Water
  • 10 Saffron strands
  • 1 tsp Cardamom powder
  • 10 Cashews broken
  • 8 Raisins

Instructions

  1. Soak saffron strands in 1 tbsp warm water and keep it aside.

  2. Heat 1 TBSP ghee in a pan and roast cashews and raisins till light golden brown and keep it aside.

  3. In the same pan roast the rava on low flame till a nice aroma comes from it. Transfer it into a bowl and keep it aside.

  4. Add water to the pan and when it starts boiling, lower the flame.

  5. Add rava slowly and keep stirring. Make sure no lumps are formed.

  6. Now add sugar and mix well. Add ghee, saffron strands and keep stirring.

  7. When ghee starts leaving from sides, add roasted cashews and raisins, cardamom powder and mix well.
  8. Transfer the content into a serving bowl and serve it warm.

Recipe Notes

You can add saffron food color in place of saffron.