Paal Kesari Recipe - South Indian Style Milk Kesari

Name: Paal Kesari Recipe - South Indian Style Milk Kesari
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: ½ cup Semolina (1/2 cup Sooji (Semolina/ Rava)); 1 ½ tsp Clarified Butter (1/2 teaspoon Ghee for roasting the rava + 1 teaspoon Ghee); 3 cup Whole Milk (3 cups Milk); ¾ cup Granulated Sugar (3/4 cup Sugar); 5 pieces Saffron (5 Saffron strands (lightly powdered using mortar and pestle)); 1 piece Cardamom (1 Cardamom (Elaichi) Pods/Seeds crushed (optional)) — optional; 5 pieces Cashew (5 Cashew nuts); 5 pieces Golden Raisins (5 Sultana Raisins); 1 piece Dried Fruit (1 Dry Fruits chopped, as required)

Paal Kesari Recipe - South Indian Style Milk Kesari - Sweet Recipes (Indian Mithai / Indian Dessert) (Indian)

35 minIndian

Servings4

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Steps

1To begin making the Paal Kesari Recipe, prepare all the ingredients and soak crushed saffron strands in a tablespoon of warm milk for 15-20 minutes (Soaking is optional for better infusion).
2Heat a Pan with ghee and roast the rava/semolina by continuously stirring till it turns fragrant.
3Switch off and allow it to cool completely.
4Heat a Kadai with milk over a low flame and when it starts to boil, add saffron and sugar. Add cardamom if you like.
5Once the sugar melts, keep stirring over low flame and add the roasted rava in parallel to avoid any lumps.
6Cook the rava over a low flame, stirring continuously till it is completely cooked. Switch off.
7Heat a Tadka pan with ghee and lightly roast the cashew nuts, raisins and any other dry fruits and nuts if using.
8Garnish the milk kesari with nuts and raisins.
9Your delicious Milk Kesari is ready to be served immediately or you can refrigerate and serve it chilled.
10Serve Paal Kesari Recipe after a South Indian Meal of Tomato Onion Sambar, Jeera Rasam, Chow Chow Thoran, Steamed Riceand Elai Vadam.