Name: Sooji/rawa kesari recipe by Rabia Hamnah at BetterButter
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 cup rava / semolina; Ghee-5-6tblspn; 1 cup sugar; 3 cups water; Kesari food colour-2 pinch; Fat pinch of green cardamom powder; Cashews and raisins as need

ABOUT Sooji/rawa kesari RECIPE

Evergreen traditional recipe. It is served along with idly, vadai, sambar in every marriage for breakfast.

Ingredients Serving: 6

1 cup rava / semolina
Ghee-5-6tblspn
1 cup sugar
3 cups water
Kesari food colour-2 pinch
Fat pinch of green cardamom powder
Cashews and raisins as need

Instructions

Roast semolina on a medium flame with 2 tblspn ghee till it is lightly roasted yet not discolored. Keep this aside.
Add ghee to a pot and fry nuts and raisins. Set these aside as well.
Pour water, add sugar and saffron colourand wait till the sugar dissolves, bring the water to a rapid boil.
Add semolina in a slow stream, stirring with the other hand to break up the lumps. Add rose water if using.
Cover and cookit to reaches a halwa consistency. Add ghee to the kesari.
Garnish rava kesari or kesari bath with nuts and raisins.

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