Rava kesari,Boorelu N Pulihora

Rava Kesari:-

1 cup sooji/rava(that we use for upma the thin variety)
1 cup sugar
2 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup ghee
1/2 cup nuts(cashew,khismiss,almonds)
pinch of orange food color/saffron soaked in 3tbsp warm milk
pinch salt(optional)

• Melt ghee in a pan on low heat
• Add the nuts when they turn light brown add the Khissmiss(raisins)
• When the Kismiss puff up a bit add the sooji and on low heat roast it
• When it turns light brown ,add the sugar and mix it up.
• Add water and the orange color and keep stirring continously.
• Add pinch of salt
• When the kesari starts leaving the side of the dish remove, n serve hot or cold

I used a non stick pan so everything was made easy...remember to keep the flame on low or medium low.

Boorelu(Poornalu) N Pulihora

I picked this recipe from my favorite site sailusfood so all credit goes to her.Till now all the recipes i try from her site just turn out perfect n more or less remind me of my mothers cooking.

so here are the links to her site

Boorelu

http://www.sailusfood.com/2007/01/08/boorelu/

Pulihora

http://www.sailusfood.com/2008/10/30/pulihora-andhra-tamarind-rice/