Rava Kesari

This rava kesari is generally made for Naivedyam during festivals. I made this today for Dasara. Try this out and let me know how it turned out for you.

Ingredients:

Coarse Rawa (Semolina Grits) 1 cup (Makes around 4 cups rava kesari when cooked)

Ghee 1 cup

Dry fruits (cashew nuts, badam, pista, sultana) 3/4th cup

Milk 3.5 cup

Sugar 80% in the cup

Cardamom powder 1/2 sp

Ripe Banana 1 chopped

Method:

1. Heat 1/2 cup ghee in a nonstick pan and add the dry fruits and fry them till they turn golden colour and then take them out.

2. To the remaining ghee in the pan, add the semolina grits and fry till it turns light golden colour and take out the rava.

3. Now to the same pan, add the remaining half cup ghee and when it melts, add the milk and let it boil. Do not over heat the ghee before adding milk as the milk will splutter if ghee is too hot.

4. When the milk is boiling, add the cardamom powder.

5. Now add the rava slowly little by little and keep mixing to avoid formation of lumps.

6. Keep stirring continuously.

7. When the rava absorbs all the milk and looks dry, add the sugar and cook till the ghee starts oozing out from the rava.

8. Then add the dry fruits, banana pieces, mix well and switch off.

9. This can be used as Naivedyam or can be eaten as a desert as well.