Rava Kesari Sheera or Halwa

Rava Kesari 

This golden beauty is surely going to win hearts. The melt in the mouth sweete dish made during occasions or festivals. 

Ingredients : 

• 1 cup Semolina or Rava 
• 1 1/2 cup sugar 
• 1/2 cup of melted ghee 
• 1/2 cup of mix chopped dryfruits (pistachios, almonds,cashews,raisins)
• 2 cups of water 
• 1/2 cup of warm milk 
• 8-10 saffron strands
• pinch of cardamon powder 
• 1/2 banana crushed 

How to prepare : 

• In a vessel add 2 cups of water to heat
• Add saffron strands in a wark milk and keep aside. 
• Heat a saucepan and add Semolina or Rava and roast till it turns golden brown. 
• Put the flame on medium high and saute. 
• This process may take around 15-20 minutes but it also helps in making your sheera smooth and less sticky.
• Once the rava is roasted you may see the change in its color from white to little golden brown. 
• Add 2 to 3 tbsp of ghee and cardamon powder and roast again for 2 minutes. 
• Remove the roasted rava in a plate and keep it aside.
• Add the remaining ghee in a saucepan and roast dryfruits except raisins which we will add in the last 
• Once the dryfruits are roasted add the roasted semonlina and mix everything nicely 
• Add saffron milk to it and mix again. 
• By this time the color of the sheera must have been golden yellowish or orangish in color 
• Add warm/ hot water to the mixture and keep stirring till the water and milk gets absorbed and you can see ghee leaving the sides of the pan. 
• Add sugar once the water is absorbed. 
• Add 2 tbsp of ghee again. (Note the more you add ghee to it the soft and tastier) your sheera will be :) 
• Add crushed banana and mix well. Adding this makes it more yummy (the one we get during satyanarayana pooja prasad) 
• Remove it in a serving bowl and add decorate with raisins and also other dryfruits to it 

Enjoy it without any guilt :) :)