Sooji Seviyah kesari

This is one of the most easiest deserts you would ever come across when talking of desert recipes from India. Usually there is the sooji kesari or seviyah kesari, but I like this one which is a combination of both. The texture is better.

 Sooji Seviyah kesari 

Sooji Kesari

Ingredients:

1. 1 cup each of sooji, fine vermicelli
2. ¼ cup ghee
3. ½ cup sugar
4. A pinch of food coloring
5. A pinch of saffron
6. 1 tablespoon chopped cachew + almond
7. 1/ tablespoon raisins
8. 1 teaspoon rose essence or 2 cardamom pods
9. 3 cups water.

In a pan heat half of the ghee and fry the sooji and the dried nuts+ raisins till light brown. Set in another dish. Add the rest of the ghee and fry the vermicelli till they become light brown. Take it into a different dish

Bring to boil 3 cups of water and add the vermicelli. Cook for 5 minutes. Add the sooji and stir to combine. Add the sugar and mix well, until it melts. Add the rose water or cardamom pods and cover and set aside for 5 minutes. Butter a dish and add the kesari to it. Cut it into your fav shape and enjoy hot or cold