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Milk kesari recipe, Paal kesari, Kesari using milk

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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…

paal kesari recipe

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  11. RAKS KITCHEN

    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:))

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  13. Kribha

    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.

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  24. RAKS KITCHEN

    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:))

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  32. Saranya A

    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

  34. Ramya

    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 🙂

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  39. janu

    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

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