Kesari is a famous South Indian desert. It can be very easily prepared at home in a very short time.
Ingredients:
- Rava (soogi) -1 1/2 cups
- Sugar - 2 cups
- Ghee - 4 table spoons
- Rose essence
- Red orange kesari color powder (This can be got it from the grocessary stores. Not mandatory as this adds only color)
- Cashew nuts
- Dried Grapes
Preparation:
- Add two spoons of ghee in a frying pan
- Add rava to the ghee and fry till it becomes golden brown in color (This prevents the lump formation during kesari preparation)
- Now take the rava and keep it aside
- Again add two spoons of ghee in the frying pan
- When it has become hot, then pour 4 cups of water to the frying pan and a little kesari powder for the color.
- When the water starts to boil, low the flame and then start adding rava by stirring it simultaneously
- Keep stirring it till the rava has boiled and it has thickened
- Now add sugar to it and stir it simultaneously to avoid the formation of lumps and keep the flame low.
- Now rava will loosened/soften a little
- Now add very little rose essence to add flavor.
- Fry the Cashewnuts and Dried grapes in the ghee till it has become golden brown in color
- Now add the cashew nuts, dried grapes and a little ghee to the kesari and mix it in a low flame.
- Now move the kesari to a ghee spreaded plate.
- Shape and make small pieces while hot (when it returns to normal temperature it cannot be shaped or made into pieces)
- Now kesari is ready to serve...
