Kesari is one of the easiest sweet dish which we can prepare quickly. Rava Kesari is one of the conventional dish the SouthIndians , especially Tamilians make Kesari when they have any special events or guests. Any unplanned visitor, first thing goes to our mind is Semolina and next thing is gram flour. Bajji and Kesari are the two dishes that comes to our mind as they are much simpler, yet tastier. There are lot of variations or varieties we can bring in to kesari. We can make kesari using wheat flour. This is also one of the easiest kesari variety. Everyone would have a good stock of wheat flour at home. Generally we make kesari with sugar. But, this time, to make this dish more healthier, I have used jaggery along with wheat flour. Now, lets see how to make this healthy Wheat Flour Kesari (Godhumai Mavu Vella Kesari)
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| Wheat Flour Kesari Recipe | Godhumai Mavu Kesari Recipe |
Preparation and Yield:| Preparation time | - |
| Cooking Time | 20 mins |
| Servings | 3 |
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| Wheat Flour Kesari Recipe | Godhumai Mavu Kesari Recipe |
Ingredients:
| Wheat Flour | 1 Cup* |
| Jaggery | 1 Cup |
| Cashew nuts | 5-6 |
| Water | 1.5 Cups |
| Ghee | 1/4 Cup |
| Cardamom Powder | 1/2 teaspoon |
* 1 Cup = 250ml
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| Wheat Flour Kesari Recipe | Godhumai Mavu Kesari Recipe |
Method:
- Heat a pan with half of the ghee and add wheat flour to the pan and roast the flour till they are brown color. When the wheat flour turns golden brown, take that out from the pan and set it aside in a plate
- Add jaggery to the pan and add water and bring it to boil and allow the jaggery to dissolve completely in water. Strain the jaggery juice using a strainer and again add the strained jaggery juice to the pan and bring it to boil. When the jaggery syrup starts to boil, add roasted wheat flour and stir well.
- Keep stirring till there are no lumps in the kesari mixture. When the roasted wheat flour gets nicely incorporated. Heat another pan and add little ghee and roast the cashews and take them out aside.
- When the kesari mixture gets thicker and gets nicely incorporated and doesn't stick to the sides of the pan, add cardamom powder, rest of the ghee and cashew nuts and again stir them well. Mix them well and switch off the flame. Take out the kesari in a serving bowl
- The delicious and healthy Wheat Flour Kesari is now ready to serve!!!
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| Wheat Flour Kesari Recipe | Godhumai Mavu Kesari Recipe |
