Orange Rawa Kesari (with Orange juice)

Orange Rawa Kesari / Sheera (with orange juice)

A popular Indian Sweet !!!

• Makes: 1 steel thali (7 - inches in diameter)
• Serves: 6 - 8
• Ratio of rawa, fruit juice and sugar is 1:2:1
• ingredients
• 1 tablespoon ghee
• 1/2 cup (Indian standard measuring cup of 100 ml / 4 oz capacity) rawa / sooji / semolina
• 1 teaspoon raisins
• 1 teaspoon chopped cashew nuts
• 200 ml orange juice (Tropicana / Real / homemade - without sugar)
• 1/2 cup (Indian standard measuring cup of 1/2 cup / 100 ml / 4 oz capacity) sugar
• 2 pinches cardamom powder
• Extra 1 teaspoon ghee (to grease thali)

Method

Grease a steel thali with 1/2 teaspoon ghee and keep aside.

Heat ghee in a frying pan. Reduce the heat to medium and add sooji. Stir well continuously on a low to medium heat for 15 minutes or until fragrant and color changes. Maintain low to medium heat.

Add chopped cashew nuts and raisins. Stir well for 5 - 8 minutes.

Add orange juice. Mix all the ingredients well. Cover with a lid and cook on a low heat for 8 - 10 minutes or until the mixture dries up / leaves from the sides of the pan / form a soft ball.

At this point, add sugar. Mix well. Cover with a lid and cook again for 5 - 8 minutes. Open the lid and stir well continuously for 5 more minutes or until the mixture leaves from the sides of the pan / thickens / water from the sugar disappears. Sprinkle cardamom powder.

Pour the rawa mixture on a greased thali and sprinkle remaining 1/2 teaspoon ghee over it and spread it evenly with a flat spatula. Keep aside to cool for half an hour and later cut it into desired shape and sizes or serve in small dessert cups.