Rava Kesari is a traditional South Indian sweet made with Semolina, sugar, ghee, nuts and raisins. This is very smooth, delicious, aromatic and fluffy sweet. This is a perfect prasadam recipe for Akshaya Tritiya festival.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoon Ghee
• 10 Kaju/cashews
• 1 tablespoon raisins
• ½ cup Rava/ semolina
• 1 cup of water
• ¾ cup of sugar
• 2 tablespoon soaked kesar water
• ¼ teaspoon Elaichi powder
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Preparation Method

• Heat 2 tbsp ghee and roast cashews and raisins on low flame. And Keep aside cashews once turn golden brown.
• Now in the same pan, roast Rava for 5 minutes on low flame. Then keep it aside.
• Pour 1 cup of water in a large container. Keeping the flame low, add roasted Rava in it.
• Stir continuously till the Rava absorbs water and no lumps are formed.
• While continuously stirring, add sugar in it.
• Add 2 tbsp kesar water when sugar dissolves.
• Add ghee and mix it well.
• Cover and cook it for 2 more minutes or till Rava gets cooked completely.
• Garnish it with roasted cashews, raisins and Elaichi powder.