31/01/2022
Do you fancy some dessert? 🍨
Today we're going to show you how to prepare Saffron Semolina!
It is a simple sweet recipe prepared with essential ingredients like semolina, sugar and clarified butter.
Topped with dry fruits like chopped cashews, almonds and some raisins, which gives a nice crunchy tone, it is a perfect sweet breakfast for everyone!
Ingredients:
- 2+¼ tbsp clarified butter
- 10 cashews
- 1 tbsp raisins
- ½ cup semolina (fine)
- 1 cup water
- ¾ cup sugar
- 2 tbsp saffron water
- ¼ tsp cardamom power
1. Soak few threads of saffron in 2 tbsp of warm water for 15-20 minutes.
2. Meanwhile, heat the clarified butter in a cooking pan and roast the cashews and raisins on low flame. Once the cashews turn golden brown, keep aside.
3. Now in the same clarified butter, roast ½ cup of semolina. Keeping stirring, roast on low flame for 5 minutes or till it turns aromatic. Keep aside.
4. In a large pan, boil 1 cup of water. Keeping the flame on low, add in ½ cup roasted semolina. Stir continuously until it absorbs water and no lumps are formed.
5. Add sugar keeping the flame on low, and stir well till the sugar dissolves.
6. Add saffron water and also and ¼ cup of clarified butter and stir continuously, making sure the mixture is combined well and no lumps are present.
7. Cover and simmer for 2 minutes or till semolina gets cooked well thoroughly.
8. Add roasted cashews, raisins and ¼ tsp cardamom powder.
9. Mix well till the Rava Kesari separates from the pan, and finally, serve it in a small cup.
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