Try out this dry fruit Kesari recipe on the occasion of Onam! Festivals of India : Onam : Recipes : Dry Fruit Kesari

Dry Fruit Kesari

• 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 no - Almonds
• 1 cup - Water
• 3-4 drops - Food color optional (yellow, orange or red)

• 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 color 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.
• One can know that the mixture is cooked when it starts coming off the pan easily.
• 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.
• Your kesari is ready to serve.