Rava Kesari

Ingredients:
Rava/Sooji (unroasted) – 1 cup
Sugar – 2 cups
Ghee – ½ cup
Kesari powder/coloring powder - red colour
Cashews, raisins
Elaichi
(Sugar and ghee quantities can be varied as per taste)

Method:
Fry cashews and raisins in ghee and keep aside. Heat remaining of the ghee in a pan, add rava and fry till it becomes light brown. In a separate vessel, boil 2 and a half cups water. Simmer the pan with rava, and add the boiled water to the fried rava and stir well. Ensure no lumps are formed. After rava is cooked, add the sugar and kesari powder. Keep stirring and add the remaining ghee, keeping the gas in low flame. Add fried cashews and raisins.