Rava Kesari

Rava Kesari, also known as Kesari Bath in Karnataka, is a popular Indian dessert made from semolina (rava), sugar, ghee, and flavored with saffron or food color to give it its signature orange hue. This delightful dish is often prepared during festivals, special occasions, or even as a quick treat to satisfy sweet cravings.

Ingredients:

• Rava – 1 cup
• Sugar – 1 ¼ cups
• Water – 2 ½ cups
• Kesari colour – a pinch
• Ghee – 1 ½ tbsp.
• Cashew nuts, dry grapes – 10 each
• Cardamom powder – ¼ tsp.

Method:

• Roast cashew nuts and grapes 1in 2 tsp. of ghee and keep aside.
• Roast rawa in in the same ghee till golden brown and keep aside.
• Boil water in a pan.
• Add colour and rawa when it boils without forming lumps.
• When it is little thick add sugar and mix well till sugar is absorbed and becomes thick and switch off the stove.
• Add ghee, fried cashew nuts and grapes and cardamom powder and mix well.
• Kesari is ready to serve.