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    Home » Recipes » Sweets

    Milk kesari recipe, Paal kesari, Kesari with milk

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

    Paal kesari/ milk kesari is prepared with rava/ sooji, milk and sugar as main ingredients. Full video, stepwise pictures recipe.

    paal kesari
    paal kesari/ milk kesari

    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 one of 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.

    paal kesari recipe
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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

    • ½ 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 tablespoon Ghee
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    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.
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    Paal kesari method

    1. In 2 teaspoon 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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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    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 02, 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 02, 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 09, 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 09, 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 09, 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 09, 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 04, 2015 at 6:41 am

      Can we add wheat rava?

      Reply
    41. Raks anand

      February 04, 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 02, 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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