23Raab is a warm healthy porridge-like drink made from flour, jaggery, and ghee. It is most often prepared and served to strengthen the immune system of a new mother or someone who is low on energy or has a congested chest. During winter raab is prepared differently in every Gujarati home so I share 3 different variety of raab which is quick and easy to make. Do try this!
Different health benefits for raab
- Raab is considered one of the home remedies for colds and coughs. It gives a soothing effect to the throat while you drink it hot.
- For a new mother, raab helps to enhance breast milk production and gives strength to her backbone after pregnancy.
- It is served mostly during wintertime to keep warm and given to people who are recovering after illness to recover their strength and build up their stamina.
- Gond raab can also be an energy drink by people who fast (vrat) during festivals.
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Raab | gujarati raab | bajri na lot ni raab | gunder ni raab | ghau na lot ni raab
Ingredients
For jaggery water
- 3 cup water - 1 cup for each raab
- ½ cup jaggery - 2.5 tbsp to 3 tbsp jaggery for 1 cup water or as per your taste
For bajri na lot ni raab
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 1 tsp ajwain
- 2 cloves
- 1 inch cinnemon
- 1 tbsp bajri flour
- 1 tsp ginger powder
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
- 1 cup jaggery water
- 1 tbsp almond slits
For gunder ni raab
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 1 tbsp gond
- 1 cup jaggery water
- 1 tbsp desiccated coconut
- 2 tbsp almond slits
- ½ tsp poppy seeds
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
- 1 tsp dry ginger powder
- 1 tsp ganthoda powder - piprimul powder
For ghau na lot ni raab (wheat flour raab)
- 1 tbsp ghee
- 1 tbsp wheat flour
- 1 tsp dry ginger powder
- 1 tsp ganthoda powder
- 1 cup jaggery water
- ¼ tsp cardamom powder
- 1 tsp poppy seeds
- 1 tbsp desiccated coconut
- 2 tbsp almon slits
Instructions
Making jaggery water
- Add 3 cups of water to a pan. bring it to boil.
- Then add ½ cup jagger or according to your taste. mix well and boil till the jaggery is completely dissolved. Keep it aside.
Making bajri na lot ni raab
- Melt the ghee in a frying pan.
- Add ajwain, cloves, and cinnamon. Sauté slightly.
- Add the bajri flour and roast the mixture for 2-3 minutes till it slightly changes its color.
- Then add dry ginger powder and cardamom powder. Mix well.
- Now, gradually add jaggery water and mix well.
- Boil raab mixture for 2-3 minutes.
- Garnish with almond slits and serve hot.
Making gunder ni raab
- Melt the ghee in a frying pan.
- Add gond and fry till it completely puffs up. Mash it slightly.
- Now, gradually add jaggery water and mix well.
- Boil raab mixture for 2-3 minutes.
- Then add desiccated coconut, almond slits, poppy seeds, cardamom powder, dry ginger powder, and ganthoda powder. Mix well.
- Serve hot.
Making ghau na lot ni raab
- Melt the ghee in a frying pan.
- Add the wheat flour and roast the mixture for 2-3 minutes till it slightly changes its color.
- Then add dry ginger powder and ganthoda powder. Mix well.
- Now, gradually add jaggery water and mix well.
- Boil raab mixture for 2-3 minutes.
- Then add cardamom powder, poppy seeds, desiccated coconut and almond slits. Mix well.
- Serve hot.
Notes
For bajri na lot ni raab
- roast ajwain (carom seeds), cloves, and cinnamon into ghee to give a nice flavor to raab.
- roast flour on low-medium flame.
- add jaggery water gradually, so there are no lumps into raab mixture.
- Benefit: bajri raab acts as a medicine for cough & cold and also increases the immunity of the body during winters.
- fry gond on low-medium flame till it completely puffs up.
- boil water till gond is completely melted in it.
- Benefit: Gond raab is rich in calcium and protein. It gives strength to our bones and gives relief from body pain.
- roast wheat flour on low-medium flame.
- for good flavor, add dry ginger powder and ganthoda powder into roasted flour.
- Benefit: wheat flour raab act as a medicine for cough and gas. Also, increase hunger during winters.
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