KESARI BHAAT RECIPE

Ingredients:

1 tblsp cashewnuts
1 tblsp raisins
saffron few strands
1 cup basmati rice
1/2 tsp green cardamom powder
1 tblsp pure ghee
1/2 cup sugar
25 gms sugar crystals

How to make kesari bhaat :

• Soak rice for half an hour.
• Heat up ghee in a pan, fry raisins and cashewnuts, remove and keep aside.
• In the same ghee mix in rice and stir fry till rice starts separating.
• Dissolve saffron in warm water and keep aside.
• Mix in 11/2 cup of boiling water to the rice and mix in saffron water and let it cook.
• When half done mix in sugar and continue to stir fry till all the water has been absorbed and the rice is cooked.
• Finally mix in the cardamom powder and decorate it with fried dry fruits and sugar crystals.
• Serve hot.