Rava Kesari with Jaggery

Ingredients:

• Bombay Rawa -1 cup
• Powdered Jaggery -2 1/2 cup
• Ghee - 1 1/2 cup
• Cashew nuts - 10 -12 cut them
• kismis- 1 table spoon
• Cardamom powder - 1/2 teaspoon
• Saffron strings 10 - 12
• 1 sp milk

Method:

• In a kadai put the rawa and dry fry well.
• In a thick bottomed vessel, put a tablel spoon of ghee and fry the cashew nuts and kismis.
• Add saffron strings in 1 sp milk and keep aside.
• In a thick vessel pour water and put powdered jaggery.
• Drain the durt and keep aside.
• Remove and keep it separately.
• Then add rawa and fry well.
• Add ghee little by little and stir continuously.
• Now add jaggery water in that.
• Allow rave to cook well.
• Now add sugar and again mix well and allow it to cook well.
• Add fried cashew nuts and cardamom powder.
• Add saffron water and mix well.
• Mix it well and your Kesari is ready to serve.

Notes:

• In olden days they use to prepare Jaggery Kesari.