Let your morning be savory and sweet as this breakfast dish

Start your day with this energizing sweet and savory breakfast dish.

Chow Chow Bhath

A delicious breakfast dish of Karnataka. This breakfast comprises of 2 dishes, which are- savory rava bhath and a sweet rava kesari. The combo of the sweet and the savory is too good to pass.

Ingredients

Khara Bhath

Rava: 1 cup
Water: 2 cups
Oil/Ghee: 1/2 cup
Seasoning: Mustard, Urad Dal, Channa Dal, Cashew nuts (1 teaspoon of each)
Finely chopped green chillies: 3
Onion: 1
Coriander: a handful
Finely grated carrot (for the garnish)
Green peas: 1/2 cup (optional)
Salt: to taste
Curry leave: a few sprigs
Finely chopped tomato: 1
Turmeric: 1/4 teaspoon

Kesari Bhath

Rava: 1 cup
Water: 2 cups
Sugar: 1 1/2 cups
Ghee: 1/2 cup
Cashew nuts: handful
Raisins: handful
Saffron: a few strands
Cardamom: 6 (finely pounded)
Food colouring (optional)

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Method

Khara Bhath

Dry roast rava in quarter teaspoon of oil/ghee.

Add the seasoning ingredients to a pan of oil/ghee.

Add onions and a few sprigs of curry leaves and green chillies once the oil starts to splutter.

Fry till the onions turn brown.

Add water, chopped tomatoes, green peas.

Add the rava slowly, stir continuously and make sure no lumps form.

Continue stirring for about 7-10 minutes till the dish is done and ‘leaves’ the pan.

Garnish with chopped coriander and grated carrot. Cover dish with a lid for about 5 minutes.

Add a dollop of ghee before serving.

Kesari Bhath

Add the ghee to a pan.

Fry the cashews and raisins till the cashews turn brown.

Add and fry till it turns golden brown.

Boil water separately (add food colouring).

Add the water to the rava gradually and keep stirring making sure no lumps are not formed.

Add sugar once the rava and water are mixed well and keep stirring till it is done.

Add cardamom, saffron (mixed with a few drops of warm milk) and a dollop of ghee before serving.