easy rava kesari recipe | kesari bath recipe | kesari recipe
Recipe Snapshot
- Prep time: 5 minutes
- Cook time: 10 minutes
- Total time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 3 Servings
- Category: Dessert
- Cuisine: south indian
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp + ¼ cup ghee / clarified butter
- 10 cashews / kaju (halves)
- 1 tbsp raisins / kishmish / dry grapes
- ½ cup bombay rava / sooji / semolina (fine)
- 1 cup water
- ¾ cup sugar (add ½-1 cup depending on your choice)
- 2 tbsp saffron water / kesari
- ¼ tsp cardamom power / elachi powder
Method
- firstly, heat 2 tbsp ghee / clarified butter and roast 10 cashews, 1 tbsp raisins on low flame.
- once the cashews turn golden brown, keep aside.
- now in the same ghee roast ½ cup bombay rava. use fine / coarse variety rava.
- roast on low flame for 5 minutes or till it turns aromatic. keep aside.
- in a large kadai boil 1 cup water.
- keeping the flame on low, add in ½ cup roasted bombay rava.
- stir continuously till the rava absorbs water and no lumps are formed.
- further add ¾ cup sugar (add ½-1 cup depending on sweetness you prefer).
- keeping the flame on low, stir well till the sugar dissolves.
- furthermore add 2 tbsp saffron water or kesari food colour. (soak few treads of saffron in 2 tbsp of warm water for 15 minutes)
- also and ¼ cup ghee and stir continuously.
- make sure the mixture is combined well and no lumps are present.
- cover and simmer for 2 minutes or till rava gets cooked well completely.
- additionally add roasted cashews, raisins and ¼ tsp cardamom power.
- mix well till the rava kesari separates from pan.
- finally, serve rava kesari / kesari bath as a dessert.
Kiyaan Singh’s Kitchen Note
Keep this recipe as a working base: cook once as written, then adjust spice, texture, and serving style for your own table.