Monday, 10 September 2012

Sapaad Nivedu

This is a  very special prasad prepared for Satyanarayana Puja at home.  

Ingredients 
1  broken wheat rava (lapsi)       1 1/4 cup
2  sugar                                      1 1/4 cup
3  milk                                        1 1/4 cup
4 water                                       1  cup 
5 ghee                                         5 to 6 tsp
6 1small banana                           cut in to small pieces.
7 cashew nut, and kismis              5 no. each
8 cardamom power                      1 tsp

Heat 3 tsp ghee in a pan. Fry cashew nut pieces and kismis till they are brown in colour.  Keep aside the fried nuts. Fry rava in the remaining ghee for 5 minutes in a low flame. Heat milk and water. Add this to rava. Stir it for sometime. When rava is cooked add sugar and stir well. Continue stirring for some more time. Add ghee  into this in between stirring.  Add banana pieces.When the prasad become thick and coming out from sides,  Add fried dry fruits and cardamom powder. Switch off the stove and keep the vessel closed. prasad is ready..