Ingredients

• 500 g - rava
• 500 g - sugar
• 250 g - ghee
• 25 g - each of blanched and sliced almonds and pistachios
• 25 g - chopped cashewnuts
• 1 tsp - cardamom powder
• a few drops essence of saffron
• a few drops each of orange, red and green food colouring
• silver foil

How to Make Rava Barfi

• Put 2 cups water in sugar and prepare a syrup of one-third consistency.
• Remove from fire and keep it warm.
• Heat ghee and fry the rava to a nice cream colour, put in the nuts, syrup and cardamom and keep on stirring till the mixture turns thick and leaves the sides of the vessel.
• Remove from fire and stir in essence.
• Divide the mixture into 3 equal portions.
• Colour one a nice orange red, the other green and leave the third portion white.
• Now take a greased thali and put in it orange mixture, level the surface and over it pour white and over this put the green.
• Level the surface and cover with foil.
• Set aside to turn cold, then cut into any shape you like.