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    Home » Indian » South Indian Recipes

    Kesari Bath

    Published: Dec 4, 2015 · Modified: Aug 20, 2017 by Ramya · 19 Comments

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    It’s Friday again and I am here with a sweet recipe – the one that’s quite famous in South India. Rava Kesari or Kesari bath is a must for any festive occasion or weddings in most parts of South India. It’s one of those sweets recipes that can be made in a jiffy. Rava Kesari happens to be one of the favorite desserts of my husband and so, this gets made every now and then in our household. The recipe that I am sharing today is the most basic one – plain Kesari. I follow the most trusted method used by my mom to make the Kesari, which is fail proof. It always yields moist, tasty Kesari in less time. I have used a pinch of food color to get the golden yellow color for my Kesari – I somehow don’t like the orange color 🙂 Instead of food color, Saffron can be used as well.

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    To make Rava Kesari | Kesari Bath

    • Servings: 2
    • Time: 20 mins
    • Difficulty: Easy
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    What I used –
    • Rava/Sooji/Semolina, â…“rd cup
    • Water, â…”rd cup
    • Sugar, â…“rd cup + 2 tsp
    • Green Cardamom, 1 crushed
    • Clove, 1 (optional)
    • Yellow/Orange Food Color, a generous pinch
    • Ghee/Clarified Butter, 1tsp + 1tsp
    • Cashews, few
    • Raisins, few

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    How I made –

    1. In a thick bottomed pan, heat 1 teaspoon of ghee. Fry the cashews until slightly toasted. Remove onto a plate. In the same pan with left over ghee, add the cclove (if using) and rava/semolina. Roast it on low flame for 4-5 mins until nice aroma comes up. The rava should not brown.prep1

    2. On low flame, add water to the rava/semolina and quickly mix it well so that there are no lumps. Keep cooking the rava on low flame until it thickens and looks cooked. Add sugar to it. And the crushed cardamom.prep2

    3. The mixture would get watery as the sugar gets dissolved. Keep stirring it and cooking it on low flame until it thicken again. Add the generous pinch of food color or saffron and cook until the Kesari comes together. Add 1 teaspoon of ghee and mix well. Remove from flame.prep3

    4. Serve hot with fried cashews and raisins on top.

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    Note –

    • The rava to water ratio is 1:2. If the rava is not fine, change it to 1:3
    • Clove is optional. My husband likes the flavor of cloves added in kesari bath as is the norm here in Bangalore.
    • Adjust sugar quantity as per preference. This quantity would be just right.
    • Instead of food color, add saffron strands directly or mixed with milk. The color can be lighter. Instead, food color/saffron can be skipped altogether.
    • Remove the kesari from heat while its still moist/a bit watery. It can harden on cooling down, add few tablespoon of water and reheat it again before serving.

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    1. Parul Singhal

      December 04, 2015 at 1:01 pm

      Love the color

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      • CHCooks

        December 04, 2015 at 6:49 pm

        Thanks Parul 🙂

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    2. MyCulinarySaga

      December 04, 2015 at 2:27 pm

      I love this 🙂

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      • CHCooks

        December 04, 2015 at 6:48 pm

        Thanks T 🙂

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    3. kushigalu

      December 05, 2015 at 1:41 am

      This is my family favorite. Looks so perfect and pretty color dear!

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      • CHCooks

        December 05, 2015 at 8:33 am

        🙂 Thanks a lot dear!

        Reply
    4. Freda @ Aromatic essence

      December 05, 2015 at 3:03 am

      Love rava kesari! it looks lovely,dear 🙂

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      • CHCooks

        December 05, 2015 at 8:17 am

        🙂 Thanks a bunch dear!

        Reply
    5. Love Served Daily

      December 05, 2015 at 9:38 am

      Yummy

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      • CHCooks

        December 07, 2015 at 3:13 pm

        Thank you Ritu 🙂

        Reply
    6. Traditionally Modern Food

      December 06, 2015 at 5:35 am

      My all time favorite sweet..looks delicious

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      • CHCooks

        December 07, 2015 at 3:13 pm

        Thank you so much Vidya 🙂

        Reply
    7. Nish Kitchen

      December 06, 2015 at 10:46 am

      Rava kesari looks yum! Gorgeous color!

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      • CHCooks

        December 07, 2015 at 3:12 pm

        Thanks a lot Rose 🙂

        Reply
    8. Chitra Jagadish

      December 07, 2015 at 3:28 pm

      Lovely colour, looks Delishhh. ...

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      • CHCooks

        December 07, 2015 at 10:11 pm

        Thanks dear 🙂

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    9. Lynz Real Cooking

      December 07, 2015 at 10:16 pm

      Beautiful color!

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      • CHCooks

        December 09, 2015 at 11:26 am

        Thanks a lot Lynn 🙂

        Reply

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