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April 21, 2016 Indian Sweets

PINeapple Kesari Bhath

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 My late Aunt was a classical singer. She had a room full of books. We gave away a lot of books to people who would use them well. But there were some books and papers which her brothers and sisters wanted to retain. So every once in a while all of us gather at her house, clean up the books, put them in the sun for sometime. Everytime we do that, my mom and my aunts start narrating their childhood stories. This time I don’t remember exactly how but the topic of discussion was food. Food cooked by my grandmother. Kesari Bhath was one of the dishes mentioned and that kind of stuck on to my mind.

I was really very young when my grandmother passed away, so I haven’t tasted anything that she cooked. But I always have heard so many stories about her that I almost know her. 

So, back to Kesari Bhath, my mom tells me that my grandmother used to make a very basic version of this called Sajjige, very often and Kesari bhath which is more elaborate during festivals. I like Sajjige but i love kesari bhath that we get in the hotels. With more of ghee and flavoured with pineapple.

So here is Kesari Bhath dedicated to my ajji.

 

Ingredients 

1 cup – Chiroti Rava ( finest Semolina)

1/4 cup – Refined oil

1/2 cup – Finely chopped Pineapple

1/2 cup – Sugar or according to your taste

4 tbsp. – Ghee

A big pinch of Saffron

1/2 cup – Hot milk

1/2 cup – Water

Cashews and Raisins

A pinch of Cardamom powder

2 tbsp. – Ghee for tempering

  
Method 

.Soak crushed saffron in hot milk and let it sit for sometime, till it releases the colour.

.Heat the ghee for tempering in a small pan. Add cashews and raisins and let it turn gold. Set it aside.

.Heat the water in a saucepan along with pineapple and oil. Let the pineapple cook well. Let it cool down a little. 

. Add the saffron milk to this. Do not boil any further.

.Add elaichi powder and camphor to this.

.Dry roast the semolina in a deep pan for a minute on low flame.

.Add ghee and roast till the semolina is gold in colour.

.Gradually add hot milk and pineapple water to this while continuously stirring.

   

.Stir so that there are no lumps.

.Cook for a minute while still stirring.

.Add sugar at this stage. The mixture will loosen again. Keep mixing till the mixture comes together.

.The consistency should be little liquidy .

.Add the tempering to this and mix it well.

.Serve it hot with some cashew and raisin garnish.

  

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  1. Ami@NaiveCookCooks says

    April 21, 2016 at 4:31 pm

    Your photos are simply brilliant and that bhat looks so delicious!!

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    • madaboutkitchen says

      April 21, 2016 at 4:33 pm

      Thank you Ami ?

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  2. Aruna says

    April 22, 2016 at 5:55 am

    I love Pineapple Kesari. Your pics are divine, Madhuri!

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    • madaboutkitchen says

      April 22, 2016 at 6:16 am

      Thank you Aruna ? I love the pineapple kesari bhath made in hotels or in weddings ?

      Reply
  3. sathya @mykitchenodyssey says

    April 23, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    hmm what a delicious looking kesari bath. Loved the good old pictures.

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    • madaboutkitchen says

      April 24, 2016 at 1:39 am

      Thank you Sathya ?

      Reply
  4. Famidha says

    April 24, 2016 at 9:45 am

    Ah! Kesari Bath is my all time fav food! Anything with semolina, and hence I used to order Chow chow bath everytime at any of the Sagars or A2bs 😀 The pictures are stunning as usual!

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    • madaboutkitchen says

      April 26, 2016 at 11:16 am

      I love chow chow bhath too ?

      Reply

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