It is lovely to walk along the road side, making a ‘charak charak’ sound with the leaves . As the leaves fall, they know their destination , still they give their life a colorful ending. Their bond with the tree is in the hands of a breeze. Some leaves get knocked by a mild breeze, some are stubborn and yield only to a stormy wind. Some go by the gravity. However they fall, they dress the mother earth with their vivid colors and do a wavy dance with the kissing wind.
Hey, come on , I know I bored you. I can hear you saying ‘come to the point’. I know you guessed it right, it is our first fall in US. Being for the first time, my daughter loves to celebrate all the seasons of the year. She attended a fall festival in our neighbourhood and was mimicking it at home . She organised few games and activities, and set up a food stall. For the food, she chose the snacks according to the theme like mango juice ,colorful fruit loops etc. So she wanted a dessert in the fall color . There comes our handy menu- rawa kesari. I made in minutes and moulded it like a pumpkin to cheer up my girl’s festive mood.
Ingredients:
Semolina/rawa/sooji- 1 cup
Water- 2 cups
Sugar- 2 cups
Ghee/clarified butter- 1 cup
Cashews and raisins- – handful
Cardamom- 2 no
Food color-1 pinch
Roast the rawa in ghee slightly. In a heavy non stick pan, boil the water . Add food color to the water. Add the rawa stirring continuously.There should not be any lumps . Stir well till it is cooked thoroughly. Now add the sugar , the rawa will get loosen a little. Add the powdered cardamom. Heat the ghee on another stove and pour the melted ghee . First the ghee will get absorbed and later it is ooze out . Stop stirring when the sweet comes out as a ball. In a separate pan , heat ghee, roast the cashews and raisins. Add to the kesari. Serve hot.
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Hi Lakshmi Ammal,
It is my all time favourite.You have given new look to the kesari !!!!
Hello Lakshmi,
Good blog u have here. Keep up the great job.
Thank u for adding me in ur blogroll.
Nice picture…how did you make the pumpking shape? it is too cute!
Cheers,Trupti
Hi MT, Pushpa,Trupti
Thanks for stopping by and taking time to encourage.
For the pumpkin shape, I filled my santhana kinnam (சந்தன கிண்ணம்)with the kesari and reversed it on the plate.
Hi Lakshmi,
nice recipe and nice photograph.Thanks for tips and links on photography..really the fall leaves photograph looks good.
I have been taking some pictures of fall colors too. Your picture looks so good and so is rava kesari.
Lovely blog.May I request you to add a rss feed?It’d make following your blog a lot easier.
Thanks
Just love the colors, Lakshmi. I’m sure rava kesari moulded into a pumpkin peeped up your little one’s festive spirits. Lovely picture!
Hi Meena,Rp, and Sailaja
Many thanks for the gud words. The picture was taken by my husband.Since this is the first year for us, we are excited and been taking pictures in all seasons.
What a creative way to present this simple sweet! i must remember to have a good look at the kitchen for nice deco ideas;)
dear lakshmi amma,
i prepared rava keasari as u told. you know while preparing i also went to my school days, i also listened the ‘charak charak’ soud of dry leaves. very thanx for ur rava kesari, and creative presentation.
HI Lakshmi, a new look to kesari.Happy to see that.Your photos showed your aesthetic sense.I love that.Its really superb. layaa.