Rava Kesari

Total time: 30 minutes

Ingredients
Rava(Sooji) - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Melted Ghee - 3 to 4 tbsp
Water - 1 and 1/4 cups
Saffron - 2 to 3 strands
Milk - 1 tbsp
Cashewnuts - 1 tbsp chopped
Raisin - 1 tsp
Food Color (Kesari powder) - a pinch

Directions
1. Soak saffron strands in warm milk, set aside. Heat ghee and roast cashews, raisins till golden brown, set aside. In the same pan, roast the rava in low flame until nice aroma comes and when it starts to change color switch off and transfer it to a plate.
2. Add water to the pan and allow it to boil, when it starts bubbling, add the rava little by little stirring continuously - this is the stage where you have to be very careful take care not to form lumps. Add the kesari color, keep stirring continuosly in medium flame.Keep covered for a minute until the rava gets cooked.
3. Once the rava is cooked add the sugar, now it will start to loosen keep stirring conitnuously. It will start to bubble up when it becomes dry dont worry, keep stirring.
4. Add ghee and keep stirring till it forms a mass leaving the sides of the pan. Add saffron milk, nuts and raisins, give a quick stir and switch it off. If you want to make pieces then transfer to a ghee greased plate and make pieces. I just transferred to my ramekin(ghee greased) and got a mould for the clicks
5. While serving you can add a tsp of ghee for the extra flavour and shine too.

Nutrition per serving
Calories 278.8
Total Fat 15.5 g
Saturated Fat 3.0 g
Cholesterol 215.1 mg
Sodium 441.0 mg
Total Carbohydrate 16.5 g
Dietary Fiber 1.8 g
Sugars 0.4 g
Protein 19.2 g
Weight Watchers Points Plus: 8 points