Rava Kesari

Rava Kesari

This is one of my favourites and you could say one of my debut dishes. My mom is the source and inspiration for this one. I loved when she made it for me often as a kid. And that is the very reason why this turned out to be one of the recipes I tried out during my first ever days in kitchen. The taste of this recipe is well guaranteed by me…and of course the ingredients make it obvious! Isn’t it? J

Ingredients:

1.      Semolina or Rava                     1 cup

2.      Sugar                                       1 cup

3.      Milk                                         1 cup

4.      Vanilla essence                        1 tsp

5.      Food Colour (optional)           ¼ tsp

6.      Ghee                                        4 tbsp

7.      Dry Raisins & Cashew nuts    10g each

Method:

1.      To 1 cup of milk add vanilla essence and food colour if preferred.

2.      Heat 2 tbsp of ghee in a pan/kadai. Add semolina and roast in ghee for a minute.

3.      Add milk little by little to the roasted semolina and keep stirring the mixture till it starts boiling and semolina is half cooked.

4.      Now add sugar and stir continuously. Then add the rest of the ghee and mix well until the mixture stops sticking to the pan.

5.      Now remove from fire and transfer to a greased container. Serve hot or allow to cool and then cut into desired shape and serve. Garnish with roasted cashew nuts and raisins.

Note: Be sure to keep stirring the mixture throughout or you will end up having a smoked dish instead of a sweet one! Also use a hard bottomed vessel or kadai for the preparation and have a happy cooking!!

Yield:  2 cups

Nutritional Information

1 cup of Rava Kesari gives 17.54 g of protein, 35.8 g of fat, 268.7 g of carbohydrates, 1268 KCals of energy, 254.5 mg of calcium and 3.65 mg of iron.