Ingredients
- Rava / Sooji / Suji or Semolina – 1 cup
- Sugar – 1 cup
- Ghee / Clarified Butter- 4 tsp
- Kesar colour – 1 pinch (optional)
- Kesar or Saffron – 5-6 strands
- Cashew Nuts
- Raisins
- Cardamom powder
- Pineapple or Banana fruit chopped (optional)
Directions
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How To Make:
- Fry the Rava/Sooji with 2 tsp of ghee in a frying pan until there is a slight change in the color of Rava. Keep it aside.
- Fry Cashew nuts, Raisins in ghee.
- Boil 2 cups of water in a vessel. When boiling, add Kesar/Saffron strands, Kesar color (optional) along with fried Cashews/Raisins and Cardamom powder and let it to boil.
- Now add fried Rava from Step 1 and allow the mixture to cook for 5 min. Then add Sugar to it and stir vigorously so as to not allow the Rava mixture to form knots. Cook the whole preparation until it turns thick as seen below.
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Notes:
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neapple or Banana pieces can be added to enhance the taste of Kesari Bhath. The fruit pieces can be added to the boiling water in Step 4. Boil 1/2 cup of additional water if you plan to use these fruits to help accommodate for water being absorbed by the fruit pieces.