BREAD RAVA KESARI

Kesari is an Indian sweet prepared by cooking sooji/Rava/semolina in sugar syrup with ghee. It is very soft and a mild sweet, usually served after festive lunches. 

Here I am sharing a recipe in which bread crumbs are also used with Rava in the preparation of kesari, tried the recipe in Instagram posted by "the food feed", tweaked it a bit.

BREAD RAVA KESARI

Ingredients: 

• Rava/sooji 1/2 cup
• Bread slices 4 no.s 
• Sugar 3/4 to 1 cup (to suit your taste) 
• Ghee 2 tbsp
• Cardamom powdered 1 tsp
• Cashew nuts & raisins 1 tsp each
• Saffron strands a pinch 
• Food colour - orange (optional) 

Preparation: 

1. Remove the crust from the bread slices and powder it in a mixer to make coarse bread crumbs. Soak the saffron strands in little warm milk. 
2. Heat ghee in a pan, roast the raisins and cashew, set it aside.
3. Gently Roast the Rava and the breadcrumbs separately in ghee. 
4. In a thick bottomed, boil little water and add the Rava to it. Stir in the powdered cardamom. When it is almost cooked, add the sugar and stir well. 
5. When the sugar is melted completely and the mixture thickens, add the roasted bread crumbs. After a couple of minutes, stir in the ghee and the soaked saffron strands. 
6. At this stage, add the food colour if you are using it. Stir well and cook till the kesari reaches the right texture. Add the roasted raisins and cashew nuts and serve warm.