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Home » INDIAN DIWALI SWEET RECIPES » Milk kesari recipe, Paal kesari, Kesari using milk

Milk kesari recipe, Paal kesari, Kesari using milk

October 25, 2007 by Raks Anand 44 Comments / Jump to Recipe

paal kesari Paal kesari/ milk kesari is prepared with rava/ sooji, milk and sugar as main ingredients. Full video, stepwise pictures recipe.
I learnt paal kesari only after marriage after my MIL made this. Till then I used to hate sweets and won’t eat much sweets. But I was surprised myself when I wanted to eat more ‘n’ more when she gave me some… That time I was pregnant… May be that’s the reason.
After that my whole taste and cravings were different from before. My hubby always likes milk Kesari over the ordinary Kesari.
Cashews, raisins can make it look more fancy, but I like to keep it simple. I have updated the recipe with video. In the video, I have not used anything for colour. That’s how it is prepared usually at my home. So here’s the recipe of Kesari using milk.
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Paal kesari recipe

Paal kesari recipe, a sweet prepared with rava/ sooji, milk and sugar as main ingredients. Full video recipe. 
Course Dessert
Cuisine Indian
Prep Time 2 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 27 minutes
Servings 4
Cup measurements

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup Sooji/ rava
  • 1 cup Sugar
  • 1.5 cup Milk
  • 6 Cashews Optional
  • 1 pinch Saffron or yellow food colour Optional
  • 1 cardamom powdered
  • 3 tbsp Ghee

Instructions

  • Roast rava with a teaspoon of ghee till nice aroma rises.
  • In a heavy bottomed vessel or a non stick pan preferably,boil milk.
  • Add Roasted rava in a sprinkled way without forming any lumps,with constant stirring.
  • Simmer the stove and cook covered.(3-4 min approx)Take care not to let burnt at the bottom of the vessel,as milk sticks to the vessel easily.
  • Add the sugar and again stir well with constant mashing,to avoid forming any lumps.
  • If there are few lumps,mash them. Some can get mashed easily after the kesari gets thick.
  • After adding sugar,the kesari turns bit on runny side,but after sometime it will get thickened.
  • This milk kesari needs more sugar than the ordinary kesari, the ratio of sooji: sugar: milk is 1:2:3.
  • Add ghee little by little and keep stirring.
  • Add all the ghee and keep cooking till ghee oozes out.
  • This totally takes some 6-8 minutes approx.
  • Spread in a greased plate,decorate with cashews fried in ghee(optional).

Video

Notes

Milk kesari is supposed to be white in colour and my MIL doesn't add any colour or cashew or even cardamom.
This will give the milk taste dominantly.
I added a little saffron in the kesari you see in my pictures, hence the mild yellow colour.

Paal kesari method:

    1. In 2 tsp of ghee, roast cashews and keep aside.
    2. Roast rava with a teaspoon of ghee till nice aroma rises.
    3. In a heavy bottomed vessel or a non stick pan preferably,boil milk.
    4. Add Roasted rava in a sprinkled way without forming any lumps,with constant stirring.
    5. Simmer the stove and cook covered.(3-4 min approx)
    6. Take care not to let burnt.. at the bottom of the vessel,as milk sticks to the vessel easily..
    7. Add the sugar and again stir well with constant mashing,to avoid forming any lumps… If there are few lumps,mash them. Some can get mashed easily after the kesari gets thick.
    8. After adding sugar,the kesari turns bit on runny side,but after sometime it will get thickened.
    9. This milk kesari needs more sugar than the ordinary kesari  …the ratio of sooji:sugar:milk is 1:2:3.
    10. Add ghee little by little and keep stirring.
    11. Add all the ghee and keep cooking till ghee oozes out.This totally takes some 6-8 minutes approx.
    12. Spread in a greased plate,decorate with cashews fried in ghee(optional)..!!Enjoy…

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  1. Daily Meals

    October 25, 2007 at 8:45 am

    Milk Kesari looks delicious. Great entry!

    Reply
  2. sunita

    October 25, 2007 at 9:12 am

    That’s a great looking dessert…thanks for sending it over.

    Reply
  3. easycrafts

    October 25, 2007 at 11:00 am

    super….kesar would be giving more flavour to kesari…

    Reply
  4. Asha

    October 25, 2007 at 11:53 am

    Kesari Bhaat is my fave dessert. Looks delcious Raks!:)
    Came here to check Sugian!

    Reply
  5. lakshmi

    October 25, 2007 at 11:56 am

    yay yay – tutti frutti – as a kid yellow and green were my favourites. 🙂 – i used to grabhandfuls from the fridge without amma’s knowledge

    Reply
  6. SMN

    October 25, 2007 at 12:19 pm

    hey this is my alltime fav i can eat at any time ..

    Reply
  7. Sirisha Kilambi

    October 25, 2007 at 12:28 pm

    mmmmmm….mouthwatering milk-kesari……….Nice one Raks 😉

    Reply
  8. Happy cook

    October 25, 2007 at 12:47 pm

    Delicious

    Reply
  9. Sia

    October 25, 2007 at 12:57 pm

    i like hint of pinapple chunks in my kesari baath:) wonderful entry…

    Reply
  10. RAKS KITCHEN

    October 25, 2007 at 12:59 pm

    Daily meals
    Thankyou:)
    sunita
    Thank YOU!
    easycrafts
    Sure,Without elachi too we can make only with kesar’s flavour!
    asha
    Thankyou,for your compliments…:))
    Lakshmi
    Hey its favourite for me now too…You know I ate two three handful of tutti frutis while I made this…;D
    smn
    Oh is it…
    Sirisha
    Thanx for ur compliments…:)
    happy cook
    Thankyou:))

    Reply
  11. Laavanya

    October 25, 2007 at 1:13 pm

    That looks very good. I’ve never tried Milk Kesari before… must’ve been creamy and delicous.

    Reply
  12. Kribha

    October 25, 2007 at 1:42 pm

    looks so good Raks. Nice idea of adding milk instead of water. Yours looks delicious and it’s a great entry for the event. I too made a very simple one for the saffron event. will post it in the afternoon.

    Reply
  13. TBC

    October 25, 2007 at 2:27 pm

    Very nice sweet for the event:-)

    Reply
  14. Rina

    October 25, 2007 at 5:29 pm

    Will love to try this.

    Reply
  15. Namratha

    October 25, 2007 at 5:52 pm

    Looks delicious Raks, colour is of course awesome! Will try it soon 🙂

    Reply
  16. Mansi Desai

    October 25, 2007 at 6:30 pm

    Nice one Raks! Sunita’s house is gona be smelling of saffron for months now:)

    Reply
  17. Rajitha

    October 25, 2007 at 6:52 pm

    nice..tutti-frooti in kesari..what is not to love 🙂

    Reply
  18. Puspha

    October 25, 2007 at 8:12 pm

    Yummilicious!!! Kesari is my fav.

    Reply
  19. Sharmi

    October 25, 2007 at 8:30 pm

    very nice ingredients inside the kesari. very pretty and colorful too:)

    Reply
  20. Madhu

    October 25, 2007 at 9:21 pm

    Kesari bath looks very colourful love tuty fruty. Nice entry Rak’s.

    Reply
  21. remya

    October 26, 2007 at 1:59 am

    This comment has been removed by the author.

    Reply
  22. remya

    October 26, 2007 at 2:02 am

    I have tagged u for fantastic foue MEME..plz it asap…bye

    Reply
  23. RAKS KITCHEN

    October 26, 2007 at 6:21 am

    Sia
    Actually I mixed every kesari version…:D
    Lavanya
    Sure it was..!!Give it a try next time..!
    Kribha
    Thanx a lot for ur compliments and I already saw ur entry…:))
    tbc
    Thankyou!!
    Rina
    Try it out rina..:)
    namratha
    Glad u like the dessert and colour :))
    Mansi
    Yes mansi sure her home will be full of saffron smell and yours with peaches;)
    Rajitha&
    pushpaThanks for the comments!!

    Sahrmi,Madhu&Remya
    Thanyou for your compliments and thax for tagging me Remya:))

    Reply
  24. Cynthia

    October 26, 2007 at 11:19 pm

    Yes, I like 🙂

    Reply
  25. ushaprashanth

    October 27, 2007 at 5:59 pm

    Hi!
    Milk kesari looks delicious!! good entry for the event!

    Reply
  26. RAKS KITCHEN

    October 29, 2007 at 6:16 am

    Thanx Usha and Cynthiya for your comments…

    Reply
  27. Lissie

    November 2, 2007 at 2:43 pm

    very innovative! tasty kesari.. very good entry!

    Reply
  28. Anonymous

    August 30, 2012 at 11:00 pm

    It was a great hit Raks…everyone appreciated me at my home….all credits goes to you…rocking rak's …

    Reply
  29. Anonymous

    August 30, 2012 at 11:00 pm

    It was great hit Rak's…keep rocking…everyone appreciated me for this recipe…all credits goes to you…

    Reply
  30. cpt

    September 2, 2012 at 12:14 am

    Eating the kesari I just made….all I can say is…YUMMYLICIOUS! Thanks for the recipe, Raks.

    Reply
  31. Saranya A

    November 9, 2012 at 1:19 pm

    hi i like ur each and every post.. i'm newly married.. ur site helps me to learn more.. and i have one doubt.. if we boil milk cream(paal aadai) will form na.. it won't affect the taste?

    Reply
  32. RAKS KITCHEN

    November 9, 2012 at 11:17 pm

    Keep stirring to avoid forming aadai. Hope this helps.

    Reply
  33. Ramya

    February 13, 2013 at 12:15 am

    i just tried this today…i'm not a huge fan of sweets but this was amazing…and it was simple enough too…thank you…. :)i've tried many recipes from your site and they have come out very well 🙂

    Reply
  34. Ramya

    February 17, 2013 at 5:32 pm

    This comment has been removed by the author.

    Reply
  35. Justina Michael

    March 9, 2013 at 1:42 pm

    hi, i'm a starter in kitchen… can to tel wen to add that saffron??

    Reply
  36. RAKS KITCHEN

    March 9, 2013 at 1:43 pm

    You can add it along with milk. Soak in luke warm milk if possible. I think I forgot to add the point..

    Reply
  37. Justina Michael

    March 10, 2013 at 12:40 pm

    Thank yo 4 ur rece… it came out gud..

    Reply
  38. janu

    August 23, 2013 at 12:10 am

    Hi raji..
    Made this today for our engagement anniversary (is the day called that way??! 🙂 ) ..Turned out good raji…thanks for giving us variety of dishes..

    Reply
  39. sis v

    September 20, 2013 at 10:24 pm

    Hi Raks, thanks for sharing this recipe.
    Can I add 1/2 cup of sugar instead of 1 cup? if so do i need to adjust the amount of milk?

    Reply
  40. anna poorani

    February 4, 2015 at 6:41 am

    Can we add wheat rava?

    Reply
  41. Raks anand

    February 4, 2015 at 6:46 am

    You can try but totally different recipe and taste.

    Reply
  42. Vandana .S.

    April 16, 2015 at 11:58 am

    I love ur blog.. i m goin to try it today for tamil new year 🙂

    Reply
  43. tifa anvar

    January 2, 2016 at 10:20 pm

    When I'm into Indian cooking recipe ur blog is the one search first. Thnx for all great mouthwatering recipe

    Reply
  44. Swarna Lakshmi

    September 21, 2016 at 3:34 am

    Mouth watering

    Reply

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