Satyanarayana Pooja Prasadam (with Rava)

Satyanarayana Pooja Prasadam is a sweet dish prepared as an offering during Satyanarayana Pooja. This recipe is prepared using semolina (bombay rava), sugar, ghee and water.

Ingredients:

Semolina/Upma Rava – 1 cup
Sugar – 1 cup
Ghee – 3/4 cup
Water – 2 cups
Cashew Nuts – 15
Raisins – 15
Saffron – 7 to 8 strands soaked in 1 tbsp warm milk (optional)

Method:

1. Heat 1 tbsp ghee in a thick bottomed pan.
2. Roast semolina until it turns slightly brown color.
3. Transfer the roasted semolina onto a plate.
4. Now heat 1 tbsp ghee in the same pan and roast cashew nuts and raisins.
5. Once roasted, transfer them onto another plate.
6. Now take sugar and water in the same pan.
7. When the water starts boiling, add roasted semolina, saffron milk, cashew nuts and raisins.
8. Add all the remaining ghee, mix well.
9. Cover the pan and let it cook until all the water evaporates.
10. Now mix it thorough and keep stirring until it forms a lump.
11. Turn off the heat.
12. Once cooled, make small balls of this prasadam.