Rava Payasam

Here's an easy and quick recipe of Rava Payasam.

1. Boil 3 cups milk with 1 cup of water.
2. Meanwhile heat 2 tbspn ghee in a pan and roast a few cashewnuts and raisins. Once they are roasted, keep them aside.
3.In the same pan, now add about 7 tbspns rava(sooji) and roast it till nice aroma arises.
4.Once the milk boils completely,add rava in it ,stirring continuously.Keep stirring till the milk thickens and the rava is completely cooked.
5.Add 1/2 cup sugar and stir till it dissolves completely.
6. Switch off the stove and add cardamom powder(1/4 tspn), the roasted cashewnuts and raisins.

Yummy payasam is ready to be served hot.:)

Carrot halwa

Here is an easy-to make sweet recipe. You suddenly feel like having something sweet and dont have the mood to go out to a sweet stall, this one will come in handy.

Grate 3 long carrots. This would yield 2 cups of grated carrot.
Heat 1 tspn of ghee in a pan. Add cashewnuts,almonds, raisins and fry till golden brown.Now add the grated carrot and stir.To this add 2 cups of milk. Stir the mixture and allow it to be cooked on medium flame for about 20 minutes till all the milk evaporates. Dont forget to keep stirring it so that it does not get burnt.

Now add 1/2 cup sugar and mix well.You may add more sugar if you like to have it more sweeter.Mix it well and allow the carrots to cook well.You will see the ghee oozing out after some time.
Now switch off the flame and sprinkle cardamom powder on top of it if you wish to.

Yummy carrot halwa is now ready.

Rava laddoo(Sooji laddoo)

Have been missing the traditional "laddoo" for some time now. I thought, " why not have it today as a tea-time snack.Thats how it started today and this is how I prepared this.

Heat 2 tspns of ghee in a kadai. Add the dry fruits(almonds, pista,raisins, cashewnuts, anything you want). Allow them to be roasted for a while. Keeping the stove on low flame, add 1 cup grated coconut. Fry for 2 minutes till it changes color. Now, add 1 cup rava(sooji) and roast it well for 10 mins stirring continuously so that it does not stick to the bottom of the pan. When you smell the aroma of rava, add 1/2 cup sugar and fry for 2 to 3 minutes. Then switch off the flame. Add half a cup water little at a time and mix well. It should not become too watery nor too thick. So add little by little.Now transfer the mixture into a plate and start making laddoos. It will be hot, maybe too hot,for some. But hold your breath and think of the taste once you finish it. Sprinkle drops of water if the heat is unbearable and hten make laddoos. Allow it to cool for 2 hours .

Laddos are ready.

Milk enhances the taste,but you may not be able to store the laddoos for many days. But you may add 1/4 cup milk and 1/4 water, if you want a different flavor.
I did not add milk .I didn't even add nuts to the mixture.As I am going to consume them this evening, it should not be a problem .Yippe yay, laddoos with tea today...:)

Rava laddoos are possible with just rava, sugar, ghee and water.:)