Sarvana bhavan rava Kesari

Sarvana bhavan rava Kesari

Sooji / Rava / Semolina - 1 Cup

Water - 3.5 cups

Sugar - 1 cup 

Ghee - 1 tsp + 1 tsp ( for roasting cashews and sooji)

Food color - 2-3 pinches or 1/8 tsp ( red or yellow)

Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp

Rose essence - 1/8 tsp (optional)

Cashews - 8 broken into tiny pieces

Raisins - 8 small ones

Ghee - 1 tsp ( to add in water)

Oil - 2 tsp ( to add in water)

See notes for special instructions.

1. Heat 1 tsp ghee in a pan and add cashews and raisins and roast them till light brown color and take in a plate and keep aside.

2. In the same pan, add 1 tsp ghee and add shoji/rava, and roast on a low flame for 4 mins and keep aside on a separate plate.

3. Now in the same pan, add water and let it boil on medium flame.

4. Now add oil and ghee n mix well.

5. Now add yellow food color to water and mix.

6. Now add sooji/rava in boiling water and mix it well without leaving any lumps.

7. Now make the flame low and close the pan with a lid till shoji/rava is cooked (2-3 mins)

8. Now add sugar and mix well for a minute.

9. Now sugar will start melting and will feel watery but keep mixing it for 5 mins.

10. Now add cardamom powder, roasted cashew, raisins, and rose water and give a mix.

11. Serve hot or cold and enjoy.

Notes - 

1. adding completely ghee instead of oil will make you feel satiated while eating
   
2. when roasting sooji / rava, don't wait for the color to be brown it's just that aroma should be coming out of it.
   
3. Water should be boiling when you add sooji / rava
4. Sooji/ rava should be cooked well before adding sugar