Delving into Kesari

Kesari is one of the easiest sweets to prepare. Let me assure you, there is no compromise on the taste. Kesari is the oblique yellow sunshine melting in your mouth. For me, Kesari smells like home with the rich aroma of ghee and fried cashews.

Are you thinking about any of those relatives who cannot have too much sweet? To make it healthier, Kesari could also be prepared using Sugar-free Natura instead of sugar. Here is how:

Ingredients:

1. Sugar Free Natura – 25 Pellets
2. Semolina (Rava) – 1 cup or 250 g
3. Ghee – 1 cup and a few extra tea spoon-full.
4. Water – As required
5. Cashew – A few
6. Kismis – A few
7. Yellow edible color
8. Cardamom powder – One-fourth tea spoon

 

How to Prepare:

1. Fry the semolina in 3-4 teaspoons of ghee. Keep frying until it turns light brown. Keep it aside.
2. In 2 teaspoons of ghee, fry cashews and kismis until they turn brown. Keep them aside.
3. In half a cup water, add the Sugar free pellets and heat the water. Keep stirring until the pellets melt.
4. Add the fried semolina to this mixture and keep stirring to avoid formation of lumps.
5. Add half cup of water, the remaining ghee, yellow color and  cardamom powder.
6. Keep stirring until the mixture turns thick and the ghee begins to float on top.
7. Garnish with the fried cashews and kismis. Serve hot.

Kesari is a very common sweet prepared here for festivals like Deepavali, Navratri, Karthikai and also they serve it for marriages and functions. But you don’t have to wait for another occasion to prepare this. Do it right now with the above handful of dishes and let me know if you liked it. 🙂