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One of the most cherished desserts in South India, Rava Kesari. This dessert is prepared with rava (semolina) sugar, ghee, cashew nuts and raisins. Rava is also known as sooji in North India. 

Rava Kesari is the most common and quick sweet dish that is prepared in all South Indian homes. It is also offered as a neivedyam (prasad) to the god during pooja or festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi, Navratri, Janmashtami and later distributed to devotees. 

In Karnataka, it is known as 'Kesari Bath' and they usually served as a breakfast along with Khara bath, its similar to upma. When both sweet and savory versions are served together, it is known as chow chow bath.

Rava Kesari tastes absolutely delicious and is super easy to make. It takes less than 30-40 minutes from start to end. This sweet dish can be easily enjoyed for any occasion or just like that. Even kids would love this amazing delicacy. Serve this rava kesari with a cup of tea, coffee, vada or any evening snacks.

To increase the flavor of this dessert, you can make this kesari in milk as well. Also, it serves as the best after-meal dessert. Follow my step by step photo recipe to prepare Rava Kesari. If you like this recipe share it, tweet it and pin it. Please do try and post your comments.

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RECIPE FOR RAVA KESARI

Coarse      : Dessert

Cuisine     : South Indian

Author      : Jayashree Karthik

Prep Time : 10 min

Cook Time : 30 min

Total Time : 40 min

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INGREDIENTS

• 1/2 cup rava / sooji

• 1/2 cup ghee

• 10 cashew nuts

• 10 raisins

• 1.5 cup water

• 1 cup sugar

• 8-10 saffron strands

• 1/2 tsp cardamom powder

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PROCEDURE

• dry roast rava on  a low to medium heat until slightly aromatic. Do not brown it

• remove the roasted rava from the pan and set aside

• heat 2 tbsp ghee in the pan, fry cashew nuts and raisins separately and set aside

• soak saffron strands in 1/4 cup of hot water and rest the bowl for 10 minutes

• again add a tbsp of ghee in the pan, add roasted rava and fry for  another 1 minute in low to medium heat

• once ghee is absorbed, add 1.5 cup water, soaked saffron water along with all the saffron strands

• mix well without any lumps and  then  cover with lid and cook on low flame for 4-5 minutes

• water will be absorbed by the rava soon and keep stirring the kesari and make sure there are no lumps

• when you see there is no excess water in the pan and confirm whether the rava is cooked completely

• add sugar and mix well

• once added the sugar, it will dissolve easily and the entire kesari mixture turns gooey

• keep stirring and cook until the mixture thickens and the moisture is evaporated

• add the remaining ghee and mix well and cook on low flame until the kesari starts to leaves the sides of the pan

• add cardamom powder and roasted cashew nuts and raisins

• mix well and switch off the flame

• serve hot or warm with a cup of tea or coffee

• Enjoy!

NOTES

• do not reduce the quantity of ghee as it make the rava kesari sticky
• use 1:2 water ratio for rava and double the quantity of sugar
• i wont recommend to use the food color, use saffron strands instead of food color
• add sugar only after rava is cooked fully

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Rava Kesari With Step By Step Photo Recipe

soak saffron strands in hot water for 10 minutes

dry roast rava in a pan until slightly aromatic and set aside

heat a tbsp of ghee and fry cashew nuts

fry raisins in ghee till it puff up nicely

remove from the pan and set aside

heat ghee in the pan

add roasted rava

fry in ghee for a minute till it absorbs completely

add 1.5 cup water

add soaked saffron water along with strands

mix well

water will be absorbed by the rava soon

mix well and there is no excess water in the pan

now add sugar

sugar will dissolve and kesari becomes little gooey

cook for 2 minutes in low flame

add remaining ghee and mix well

cook until the kesari starts to leave the sides of the pan

add cardamom powder

mix well

add roasted cashew nuts and raisins

mix well and switch off the flame

serve hot or warm

Rava Kesari