Kesari's [Sheera's]

                                                    Aval Kesari (Rice flakes)

Ingredients:

• Poha (Aval) rava - 1 cup
• Sugar - 1 1/2 cup
• Water - 1 cup
• Milk - 1 cup
• Ghee - 4 tbl sp
• Kesar or Orange colour - little
• Cashewnuts & Resins - 15
• Borneol [Pacha karpuram ] - pinch.

Method:

First take one kadai, keep it on the gas & pour 2 sp of ghee. Add poha & fry for 3 mins till it becomes crisp. Then grind in the mixer like rava & keep aside. In the same kadai again, pour some ghee, fry cashewnuts, resins till it turns into golden colour. Other side keep some boiled water. When the cashews are fried, add aval rava & mix well in the kadai & pour the boiling water along milk. Add colour, sugar & remaining ghee in the water. The sugar should be completely dissolved. Keep stirring constantly till it forms a thick mass. When it doesn't stick to wet hands & gets a shine, remove from the gas. Enjoy your aval kesari.
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                                                            Pineapple Kesari

Ingredients:

• Fine rawa - 1 cup
• Sugar - 1 1/4 cup
• Water - 1 1/4 cup
• Tinned pineapple or
• Fresh pineapple (Finely cut) - 1/2 cup
• Ghee - 3 tbl sp
• Lemon yellow colour - Little
• Cardamom powder - 1/2 sp
• Cashews & Resins - To taste.

Method:

Heat one tbl sp of ghee in a deep frying pan. Fry cashews, resins & remove from ghee & keep aside. Fry rawa in that ghee itself for 3 mins & remove from the pan & keep separately. Heat water & sugar together in that pan, add colour & rest of the ghee in that water. During that time, add finely cut pineapple. When the sugar gets dissolved completely & it starts boiling, add fried rawa, cashews, resins. Keep stirring constantly till it forms a thick mass. When it doesn't stick to wet hands & gets a shine, [See the picture] remove from the gas. Serve hot. Enjoy your pineapple kesari along with namkins or bajji.
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                                                       Vermicelli [Semiya] Kesari

Ingredients:

• Fine vermicelli - 1 cup
• Fine rawa - 2 tbl sp
• Sugar - 1cup
• Water & milk mixture - 1 1/2 cup [Should be hot]
• Ghee 3 tbl sp
• Kesar yellow colour - Little
• Cashews & raisins - 10
• Cardamom powder - 1/2 sp

Method :

Take one deep frying pan keep on the gas heat 1 tablsp of ghee & fry cashews, raisins & remove from the fire & keep aside.On the same pan add some more ghee & fry vermicelli, rawa till it becomes light red in colour. Then pour the milk, water mixture to that & mix well. Keep stirring constantly till it forms a thick mass. Then add the sugar & remaing ghee to that & mix well. Keep the gas in lower flame.Mix the cashews, raisins, & cardamom powder.Your yummy semia kesari is ready to eat.Serve it hot.

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                                            Sheera [Prasad for Satyanarayana Pooja]

Ingredients:

• Fine rawa - 1 cup
• Milk - 3 to 4 cup
• Sugar - 1 1 / 2 cup
• Milk masala - 1 tbl . sp
• Cardamom powder - 1 sp
• Ghee - 3 tbls .sp [ heaped ]
• Cashews & raisins - little

Method:

Fry rawa with one tbl sp of ghee in medium flame till plesent aroma comes from the mixture. Then add milk, sugar & mix it well without forming lumps. Cook while stirring constantly along with milk masala powder, cardamom powder till halva consistency is reached. Add ghee when it sticks to the vessel (use non - stick vessel to avoid sticking) Finally, add fried cashews, raisins to that & mix well. Your prasadam is ready for your pooja. It is very tasty :)