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Banana Rava Kesari

Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Keyword dessert
Servings 4
Author Priya Shiva

Ingredients

  • Rava/Semolina - ½ cup
  • Sugar - ½ cup
  • Banana - 1
  • Ghee - ¼ cup
  • Water - 1 cup
  • Yellow food colour - 1/8 tsp
  • Green Cardamom - 2 powdered
  • Chopped cashews - 8
  • Raisins - 8

Instructions

  1. Dilute food colour in 1 tbsp water and keep it aside.
  2. Peel the banana and puree it by mashing it nicely or blitz it in your blender.
  3. Heat 1 tsp ghee in a pan and roast cashews and raisins till light golden brown and keep it aside.
  4. In the same pan, roast the rava on low flame till its color changes slightly to light brown and a nice aroma comes from it. Transfer it into a bowl and keep it aside.
  5. Add water to the pan and when it starts boiling, lower the flame and add colour water. Mix well.
  6. Add rava slowly and keep stirring. Make sure no lumps are formed.
  7. Now add sugar, banana puree and mix well.
  8. Lower the flame, add ghee and keep stirring.
  9. When ghee starts leaving on the sides, add roasted cashews and raisins, cardamom powder and mix well.
  10. Transfer the content into a serving bowl and serve it warm.

Recipe Notes

I have used yellow food color but you can also add few strands of Saffron. Just soak saffron strands in warm water before adding it.