Caramelized Rava Kesari

This is a direct contradiction to my previous post. Yes, Carb (sugar) rich sweet recipe. Those who are in HFLC, please stay away from this. It’s exclusively meant for sweet toothed people

I’m sure, many of you know how to make a rava kesari. The twist here it is “Caramelized”, to enhance the ordinary kesari. This was introduced to me by my aunt Manju, who lives in France. This Caramelized version of kesari, impressed me so much I thought of sharing it here……

Ingredient  :    1 cup of Rava (semolina)   ;        ¾ cup of sugar      ;       3 tbsp of ghee      ;        2 cup of milk  ; ½ tsp  cardamom powder        ;     10 no's of chopped cashews

In a thick bottom pan start to roast rava at low flame for about 10 – 15 min or until a slight colour change. Transfer the rava into a plate and keep aside.

In the same pan, add sugar and put the flame at medium allow to caramelize. (During the caramelization process, water will be released from sugar) Meanwhile, boil the milk and keep it aside.

Once, the sugar turns into light amber in color, add the milk and 2 tbsp of ghee. (Take care of splatters as water and fat are in different temp)

Continue to cook and keep stirring until the caramel mixture become smooth. Add roasted rava to the mixture and star cook at low flame until the kesari starts to leave the sides of the pan.

Meanwhile, in small pan add 1 tbsp of ghee and fry the cashew to golden colour and add it to the kesari. As a final touch, sprinkle cardmom powder and serve hot or warm.

Broken wheat Savory Bread

An innovative  Savory Semolina Cake was posted by Mrs. Meena and I was quite impressed with the recipe. But, want to try with 75% broken wheat and 25% semolina combination. (Regular visitor of my kitchen knows that, I restrict the use of all purpose flour, semolina and white flour)

 It turned out very good, tasty and healthier bread. I am glad to share here.

Ingredients :      ¾ cup of Broken wheat         ;           ¼ cup of semolina         ;           1 cup of mix vegetables (carrot, beans, peas)            ;        1 tsp of grated ginger       ;     1 green chili chopped            ;         1 tsp of red chili powder         ;        1/3 tsp of turmeric powder            ;     ¾ cup of yogurt          ;         2/4 cup of water         ;           1/2 tsp of red chili flakes         ;          2 tbsp of oil            ;              1 tsp of mustard seeds          ;          1 tsp of cumin seeds      ;           ½ tsp of baking soda     ;       salt to taste     ;       curry leaves

Procedure :  Mix broken wheat, semolina and yogurt keep aside for 15 minutes. Add the mix vegetables, ginger, green chili, red chili powder, turmeric powder, red chili flakes, salt and combine well. Add water just enough to make it into thick batter.

Season the mustard, cumin seeds with Oil and add the curry leaves. Add the seasoning in to the batter mix.

Finally add baking soda to the batter mix and Transfer the batter into greased loaf pan and to the preheated oven and bake at 200ºC for about 30 minutes or until completely done.

Allow it to cool and serve with Mint (Pudina) chutney. (I was asked by my son to bake this at least once in week)