Mango Rava Kesari

Ingredients:
Ripe Mango - 1
Rava (or) Sooji - 1 cup
Water - 3 cup
Sugar - 3/4 cup
Cardamom powder -1/4 tsp
Kesari color - pinch (Dissolve it in 2 tbsp of water)
Saffron - 1/4 tsp
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Cashew nuts - 10 nos
Raisins - 10 nos

Method:
1. Take a pan, add 1 tbsp ghee and fry cashew nuts and raisins till the cashew nuts turns golden brown color and then keep aside.
2. Then again add 1 tsp of ghee in the pan and add the rava and saute for 2 minutes and then keep that aside too.
3. The proportions to take are 1 cup rava - 3 cup water and 1 cup rava - 3/4 cup sugar.
4. Then take the pan, add some ghee, add the cardamom powder, fried cashew nuts, raisins and saute for a minute.
5. Add 3 cups of water to it and add the saffron and boil it.
6. Separate the mango flesh and make it to a puree.
7. Then add the ripe mango puree to the boiling water and boil it well.
8. Once the mixture boils well then add the dissolved kesari color to the boiling mixture.

9. Slowly add the rava to the boiling mixture and stir constantly so that no lumps are formed.

10. Once the rava is completely mixed well, then add 1 tbsp pf ghee to it and mix it well. The mango flavor is an added taste to the kesari.

11 Once done, transfer it to a bowl and decorate it as you wish. I scooped them and garnished with sliced almonds. Yummy and delicious and sure kids will love this. This is for all the mango lovers... :)