Kesari Bhath

Ingredients

• • Plain rice - 1 cup
• • Sugar - 1 ¼ cups
• • Water - ¼ cup
• • Ghee - 1 tablespoon
• • Saffron - a little
• • Milk (for dissolving saffron) - 1 tablespoon
• • Cardamom powder - a pinch
• • Cashew nuts (broken) - 1 tablespoon
• • Raisins - 1 tablespoon
• • Kesari powder - as required
• • Coconut (grated) - 1 teaspoon (optional)

Method

• 1. Cook rice softer than normal consistency.
• 2. Keep a heavy vessel on fire and add sugar with water.
• 3. Stir constantly in medium flame till you reach soft ball consistency.
• 4. Reduce flame add cooked rice with kesari powder,saffron dissolved in hot milk.
• 5. Stir gently till moisture dries up.
• 6. Remove from fire add cardamom powder, fried cashew nuts and raisins with rest of the ghee.
• 7. Add grated coconut if desired.

Variation

• • In place of sugar, candied sugar which is powdered well can be used.
• • Reduce powdered sugar candy to ¾ cup to 1 cup as per taste.
• • Do not add colour for this rice.