Rava Kesari Sweet

Ingredients:

Semolina/Sooji/Rava : 1 cup
Sugar : 1 1/2 – 1 3/4 cup (depends on how sweet you want it)
Ghee : ¼ cup *
Water : 2 ½ cups
Orange food color : A pinch
Cardamom : 1/4 tsp powdered
Saffron: A pinch
Cashewnut: fistful

Method:

1. Heat water and let it boil.
2. Heat a tblsp of ghee in a pan.
3. Roast cashewnuts till golden brown.
4. Remove this from the pan and keep it aside.
5. In the same pan roast sooji till you get rid of the raw smell.
6. Add sugar mix well. Add the boiling water, keep stirring and make sure there are no lumps.
7. Add food color, cardamom and a little ghee.
8. Mix well. Keep stirring till this mixture begins to thicken.
9. Keep adding ghee till all the water is absorbed and kesari begins to leave the sides of the pan.
10. Turn the heat off. Add roasted cashewnuts and sprinkle saffron on top. Serve hot.

* You can certainly reduce the amount of ghee.