Kesari Baath
(from ABCDCooking’s recipe box)
Source: Nalini Nadig
Prep time: 5 minutes
Cook time: 15 minutes
Serves 4 people
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup cream of wheat
- 1 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 Tbsp raisins
- 1 Tbsp cashew
- 1/8 teaspoon cardamom, ground
- Pinch saffron
- 2 Tbsp Ghee
Directions
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Heat ghee in pan, roast cashew and raisin until raisins puff and cashews warm. Remove raisins and cashews with slotted spoon and set aside.
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Add cream of wheat to same pan. Roast, stirring constantly, in ghee until fragrant. Approximately 5 minutes.
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While roasting cream of wheat, warm milk in saucepan. Do not boil.
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Add saffron and cardamom to cream of wheat, stir.
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Incorporate milk in 3 separate portions to cream of wheat. If you’d like a thinner consistency, add hot water.
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Add sugar. This will also thin the cream of wheat.
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Turn off heat, stir in raisins and cashews.