Kesari Bath | Rava Kesari (without artificial color) | Semolina kesari-How to make-Stepwise Pictures

Cuisine Style: Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, South India | Cooking Time: 20 minutes | To Serve: 4 | Type: Breakfast, Sweets

Want to try some Diwali sweet? You can try Kesari Bath / Rava Kesari. Though it is usual sweet its unique in preparation and ingredients.

Here is the Kesari bath that is prepared without artificial color powder. Carrot juice is used for color. Nutmeg scrapes is used for good sleep. Borneo-Camphor (Pachai Karpooram) is used for rich aroma perhaps it is medicinally good that’s why it is mixed with water and served the devotees in the temples of India. No milk or saffron is required for this recipe.

Ingredients

• Sooji / Ravai [Semolina]- 1 cup
• Carrot Juice - 1 cup
• Ghee - 1/2 cup
• Sugar - 1 cup
• Water - 2 cups
• Nutmeg scrapes - 1 tsp
• Borneo-Camphor (Pachai Karpooram) - size of mustard seed
• Cardamom - 3
• Cashew nuts - 10
• Badam - 4
• Kissmiss (ular thratchai) - 10
• Salt - ¼ tsp (Add pinch of salt whenever you prepare sweets that enlightens the sweetness)

Preparation

• Scrape one piece carrot, grind it in mixer jar, extract carrot juice out of it and keep it aside
• Dry roast Sooji / Rava and keep it aside
• Put tsp of ghee in a pan and roast Cashew nuts, Badam and kissmiss and keep it aside
• Take 2 cups of water and one cup of carrot juice and pour the mixer in a heavy pan and let it boil
• Put 2 tbs of ghee to it (this avoids stickiness between the rava particles)
• Then add one cup of sugar, pinch of salt and wait till bubbles come
• Now add roasted sooji slowly and gently to the pan and mix well
• Sprinkle cardamom powder (peel off and fin ground), Borneo-Camphor (Pachai Karpooram)
• Stir till you get the Kesari consistent (It should boil and thick)
• Garnish with Kissmiss, Cashew nuts and Badam (scraped)
• That's it colorful, healthy & tasty Diwali rava kesari ready to serve

Note

• You can make Kesari ball and serve
  

How this Keari bath recipe is Unique?

• No artificial color or chemical is added

How to make kesari bath video

Tip

• You can also make Kesari ball as shown in the picture

How to Make Simple Rava Kesari - Stepwise Pictures [Easy Method]

One cup white rava

One cup White sugar

Cardamom seeds and sugar

Cardamom powder

Dry roasted white rava

Ghee

Ghee roast Cashew

Ghee roast raisins

Heat pan with add 2 cups of water, let it boil then add ghee

Add Sugar & let it boil

Add dry roasted rava

Mix well & leave it for 2 min

Turn off flame, cover lid & leave it for 5 min

Add ghee

Mix well with ghee

Add cashew, raisins & cardamom powder [Rava kesari ready to serve]

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