Rava Kesari is a quick south Indian dessert recipe. It’s made with Rava/Semolina/Sooji, sugar, cow ghee, cashew nuts and dry grapes. Rava Kesari is delicious and it will melt in your mouth while having it. Most of the south Indian hotels serve Kesari as a dessert in meals. The recipe looks simple but one should not overcook while preparing.
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Semolina Nutritive value per 100 g. (Source: USDA National Nutrient database)
Rava Kesari Recipe / Kesari Bath / Semolina Kesari/Sooji Halwa
Rava Kesari Recipe / Kesari Bath / Semolina Kesari/Sooji Halwa preparation with step by step photos and a quick video.
Ingredients
- Bombay Rava ( sooji / semolina) - 1 cup
- Ghee ( clarified butter) - 2 tbsp + ¼ cup
- Cashews ( kaju)-10
- Raisins ( kishmish / dry grapes)-1 tbsp
- Water -2 cup
- Sugar - 1 cup
- Kesari food color - a pinch
- Cardamom power (elachi powder) -¼ tsp
Directions
- Step 1 Take a pan and add ghee (clarified butter)
- Step 2 Add cashews and roast in low flame
- Step 3 Add raisins and saute it well in low flame.
- Step 4 Once the cashews and raisins turns golden brown, keep it aside.
- Step 5 In the same ghee, add rava and roast it for a few minutes.
- Step 6 Once it turns to aromatic, keep it aside.
- Step 7 Take a large kadai, boil 2 cups of water.
- Step 8 Add roasted rava and mix it well. Keep cooking in low flame.
- Step 9 Stir continuously till the rava absorbs water and no lumps are formed.
- Step 10 Add sugar and mix it well until the sugar dissolves. (Adjust your sugar level as per your need).
- Step 11 Add ghee and stir continuously.
- Step 12 Add Kesari food colour and mix it well
- Step 13 Add cardamom powder and mix it well
- Step 14 Add roasted cashews, raisins. Mix it well until Rava Kesari separates from the pan.
- Step 15 Serve Rava Kesari / Kesari bath .
Rava Kesari Recipe / Kesari Bath / Semolina Kesari/Sooji Halwa quick video:
Making of Rava Kesari Recipe / Kesari Bath / Semolina Kesari/Sooji Halwa:
1. Take a pan and add ghee (clarified butter)
2. Add cashews and roast in low flame
3. Add raisins and saute it well in low flame.
4. Once the cashews and raisins turn golden brown, keep it aside.
5. In the same ghee, add rava and roast it for a few minutes.
6. Once it turns to aromatic, keep it aside.
7. Take a large kadai, boil 2 cups of water.
8. Add roasted rava and mix it well. Keep cooking in low flame.
9. Stir continuously till the rava absorbs water and no lumps are formed.
10. Add sugar and mix it well until the sugar dissolves. (Adjust your sugar level as per your need).
11. Add ghee and stir continuously.
12. Add Kesari food colour and mix it well
13. Add cardamom powder and mix it well
14. Add roasted cashews, raisins. Mix it well until Rava Kesari separates from the pan.
15. Serve Rava Kesari / Kesari bath.
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