Rava Besan Sheera

Breakfast for us, as kids, wasn't usually heavy. We'd gulp down a glass of milk before running off to school and that was it. But my Little One doesn't drink milk! I know! I'm living every Indian mother's nightmare. She won't look at milk, no matter what I add to it. Even melted chocolate doesn't work :(. So I make sure she eats a hearty breakfast before she heads out for the day. She loves the staple fried egg and paratha. But sometimes I like giving her a little rava-besan sheera in the mornings. It's a breakfast of champions. Healthy, light and oh-so-yum.

So here goes:

2 tablespoons of rava (semolina)
2 heaped teaspoons of besan (chick pea flour)
3/4th cup of boiled water
2 tablespoons of sugar
4 Cashews chopped , a teaspoon of raisins and almond slivers
2 tablespoons of ghee


Heat the ghee in a pan. Add the rava and fry till slightly brown. Then add the besan and fry some more. The besan tends to lump so fry well till all the lumps have completely powdered. Add the sugar and fry till the heat dissolves the sugar and you can see just a few grains of it. Add the water and keep stirring. It'll tend to sizzle and sputter so be careful while stirring. Stir rapidly to prevent the besan from lumping. Just before it cooks to the consistency you want, add the dry fruits and stir some more to incorporate. Stir for 30 seconds and take it off the flame.

Done!

Tip: If you want the raisins to be nice and plump add it immediately after adding the water. :)