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Kalyana kesari recipe

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Ingredients

Sugar syrup:

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup water

Roast:

  • 1 tablespoon ghee
  • 10 cashew
  • 1 tablespoon raisins
  • 1/2 cup rava

Cook rava

  • 1 + 1/2 cup water
  • 2 tablespoon Sunflower/canola oil
  • little Food color
  • 2 tablespoon ghee

Final touch:

  • 1/4 teaspoon cardamom powder
  • Pinch of salt
  • 1 + 1/2 tablespoon ghee

Instructions

  • In a microwave-safe container add sugar and hot water, mix well, and microwave for 1 minute till the sugar dissolves in water. Avoid string consistency
  • Heat ghee and add cashews; saute well
  • Roast till cashew starts to change color
  • add raisins and saute, keep aside
  • Add rava and roast for 3 minutes in low- medium flame until rava turns aromatic, set aside
  • Furthermore, add hot water and boil when water boils add food color and boil
  • Add rava and mix well
  • when the water absorbs turn down the flame and add 1 tablespoon of sunflower oil and ghee and mix well
  • Keep the flame in the lowest setting cover and cook for a minute
  • Add 1 tablespoon of oil and 1 tablespoon of ghee and mix well
  • Furthermore, add sugar syrup and turn the flame to medium
  • Keep mixing, Kesari might turn lumpy but gentle mixing is enough to make a smooth Kesari
  • when the Kesari thickens and turns smooth without any lumps
  • Turn down to low flame
  • Add cardamom powder, and mix well
  • Furthermore add a pinch of salt, roasted nuts, and ghee, mix well
  • Turn off the stove. drizzle ghee and serve warm

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Notes

  1. Usually, we skip oil for homemade Kesari. To replicate Kalyana Kesari taste and texture, don't skip oil
  2. If you like rose essence flavor, add a drop after turning off the stove and mix well
  3. Always warm Kesari and enjoy for best texture and taste
  4. Always use flavorless oil like sunflower oil, canola oil etc.  for best taste
  5. Adjust the sugar according to your taste. 1:2 rava to sugar ratio makes catering style kesari taste
  6. Always use 1:4 rava to water
    ratio for kalyana kesari.
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