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🇮🇳 Indian Vegetarian

Kesari

🇮🇳 Indian

A ghee-rich halwa cooked low and slow until the fat separates and the spoon stands happily in it. Gives you a proper meal in 50 minutes.

Prep 20 min Cook 30 min Serves 6 Medium

Ingredients

  • Ghee3 tbsp
  • Saffrona pinch
  • Sugar1 cup
  • Semolina (Rava)1.5 cups

Optional extras

  • Golden Raisins2 tbsp
  • Almonds2 tbsp, slivered
  • Green Cardamom3, crushed

Instructions

  1. 1

    Roast the semolina (rava) in ghee on a patient medium flame until it smells toasty and turns a shade deeper.

  2. 2

    Pour in the hot liquid (milk or water) carefully — it will splutter — and stir through.

  3. 3

    Add sugar and keep folding until the ghee separates and gleams at the edges.

  4. 4

    Finish with cardamom, almonds and raisins; serve warm.

Chef's tip

Ghee first, sweetness later — sugar added too early toughens flour and milk solids.

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