Ingredients:
• 1/2 cup – dry fruits (chopped dates, raisins, Cranberries and other nuts)
• 1/2 cup – rava
• 3 tbsp – Sugar
• 2 tsp – Ghee
• 1 pinch – Cardamom powder
• 6 – Almonds
• 1 cup – water
• 3 to 4 drops – food color optional (yellow, Orange or red)
Method:
- Stir-fry rava with 1 tsp ghee on low flame till the smell of raw grain goes. Set it aside for later use.
- Saute dry fruits for 5-10 seconds in a pan with 1 tbsp ghee on low flame.
- Add water, sugar, cardamom powder and food colour to them and increase heat to high flame.
- Add roasted rava to boiling water slowly and smoothen out any lumps and mix well.
- Reduce heat and keep stirring continuously till the mixture is cooked.
- Grease a plate and pour ‘kesari’ into it. Let it cool and get set.
- Cut it into smaller pieces and garnish it with an almond.
Recipe courtesy of Lakshmi