Today is a lovely day to start my food blog. And I am going to start it with the recipe for Semolina Sweet called Rawa Kesari in Tamil, which is a typical South Indian delicacy. I used to love it as a kid and I still love it! If someone asks me what my comfort food is, I would most definitely say, Rawa Kesari!! The best part about this sweet is, its very delicious and is also super easy to make. You don’t need to prepare anything to make this sweet. Just heat up a pan and get going!
Rawa Kesari/ Semolina Sweet
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
Ingredients for Sweet
- 1 cup Rawa/Semolina
- 3 tbsp Ghee/Clarified Butter
- 2 cup Sugar
- a pinch Food Color/ Saffron
- 2 cup Water
Ingredients for Garnish
- 1/2 cup Cashews Halved
- 2 pieces Cardomon Powdered
Instructions
Sweet
- Boil water in a saucepan.
- In a separate pan, heat 1 tbsp of ghee and fry cashews. Remove cashews.
- Add rawa to the same pan and roast till it turns light golden.
- Add boiled water to the roasted rawa slowly little by little.
- Keep stirring continuously until rawa is cooked.
- Add sugar, saffron and the 1 tbsp of ghee and stir well.
- When the mixture leaves the sides, stop stirring and bring it to low flame.
Garnish
- Heat a small pan with 1 tbsp of ghee. Add cashews and fry until cashews turn golden.
- Remove and add powdered cardamom to the sweet.
- Stir and serve.
Notes
- Take care while adding water. Rawa/Semolina has a natural tendency to absorb water quickly. It is important to stir well such that lumps are not formed.
- Keep in medium flame while cooking this sweet.