After a long break, on auspicious occasion of Navratri I am back to blogging.I tried my hand at khantoli or sweet Khandvi, as naivedya for devi on first day of navratri.I guess I nailed it….here goes the recipe.

Ingredients:

1 cup Rice rava or Idli rava

1 cup Gul (Jaggery)

1/2 cup grated Fresh Coconut.

2 tbsp Ghee

1 tsp Elaichi powder

1/8 tsp Haldi ( Turmeric powder )

1/2 tsp Ginger grated

Small pinch of Salt

2 cups Water.

Method :

Heat ghee in a thick bottom pan,roast the rawa till it turns light brown in colour.Keep aside.

In the same pan,boil 2 cups of water,add jaggery,grated coconut,ginger,haldi powder,elaichi powder and salt.Boil till jaggery melts completely.

Add roasted rava and mix well,cover and cook till rava absorbs all the water.

Preserve 1 tsp coconut for decoration.(Optional)

Grease a plate with ghee.

Transfer the cooked mixture in the greased plate.

spread evenly.

Sprinkle grated coconut. (Optional)

Cut into pieces & let it cool.

Serve as required.

Happy Cooking! ! !

Sameera