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Kesari - Kesariya Suji ka halwa (the most traditional South Indian Sweets)

May-12-2016
Shreela Sasidharan
10 minutes
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
5 People
Serves
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ABOUT Kesari - Kesariya Suji ka halwa (the most traditional South Indian Sweets) RECIPE

One of the most traditional South Indian Sweet. Also an intrinsic part & all time favorite part of all functions down South. Most importantly need no expertise and even a novice came come up with a yummylicious product, as it requires very less number of ingredients. All of them easily available in our kitchen cabinets.So,here we go.

Recipe Tags

  • Veg
  • Easy
  • Festive
  • Tamil Nadu
  • Stir fry
  • Dessert

Ingredients Serving: 5

  1. Semolina/ Suji / Bombay Rawa - 1 cup roasted
  2. Sugar -2 & 1/4 katori
  3. Ghee - 3/4 katori
  4. Water - 3 katoris
  5. Cardammon /Elaichi powder
  6. Kesar/ Saffron - few strands
  7. Slivers of pistachios - almonds for garnishing

Instructions

  1. Roast Rawa / Suji or heat in a pan. Keep aside. In the same pan add ghee, when it melts, add the roasted suji.
  2. Stir till you get a nice aroma.
  3. Meanwhile on the other stove keep water for boiling, add saffron/ kesar strands in it. Kesar will release beautiful color and aroma. Need to add sufficient strands so that you get a deep yellowish orange color.
  4. Add this boiling kesar water to the roasted suji and keep stirring till it slightly thickens. Now add the sugar. Mixture will loosen up as the sugar melts .
  5. Keep stirring continuously. The mixture will soon get thickened. Keep Stirring until it becomes really thick starts leaving the sides of kadai.
  6. Remove from stove, mix in the cardamon / each powder and allow to cool.
  7. Transfer to serving dish, garnish with slivers of pistachios and almonds

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Lavanya Hari
Feb-21-2017
Lavanya Hari   Feb-21-2017

Nice

Evelyn Shilpa
May-13-2016
Evelyn Shilpa   May-13-2016

Yummy, thanks for sharing the recipe.

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