Tuesday 11 September 2018

SambaKodhumai Rava Kesari

Samba rava kesari is so simple to make and it can be offered to god as prasadham during fasting days such as varalakshmi pooja, one day on navarathri. My mom used to make this recipe on festival days and it taste so good.


Preparation time: 5 mins
Cooking time: 25 mins
Serves: 4 nos

Ingredients:

Samba Rava/Broken wheat - 1/2 cup (fine rava)
Water - 2 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
Ghee - 2 tablespoon
Cashewnut - 10 nos
Reisin - 10 nos
Elachi powder - 1/4 teaspoon
Kesari powder - 1 pinch

Preparation Method:

1. Heat 1 tablespoon of ghee in a pan and fry cashewnuts and reisin. Once fried, keep it aside.
2. To the left over ghee, roast samba rava in medium - low flame.



3. Once rava is roasted, add 2 cups of water and allow it to boil by closing a lid in low flame. stir in between to ensure rava is not burnt.



4. Once all water is observed, add sugar, elachi powder and kesari color to it. Keep stirring in medium flame.



5. Once kesari consistency is attained, add roasted cashewnuts and reisin and mix well. Switch off the flame.



Tips:

1. If broken wheat is not tiny, then in a mixer blend it to fine rava by operating the mixer in ripper mode.