Coconut Kesari ( Thengai Kesari )

COCONUT  KESARI ( Thengai kesari )

Rawa/ Sooji : 1 cup

Coconut, grated :  1 cup

Sugar : 2 cups ( you can powder it )

Water : 2 + 1/2 cups

Ghee : ½ cup

Cashew nuts : 10 ( chopped )

Raisins : 15

Cardamom powder :  ½ tsp

Food colour of your choice : 1 pinch

In 1 tbsp of ghee fry Rawa on low flame till it changes its colour.

Heat water and add sugar powder … let it dissolve nicely and becomes sticky syrup. 

And then add rawa, grated coconut at one go and stir continuously to prevent lump.

Add cardamom powder, colour and add ghee in stages and keep stirring. Cook till kesari leaves the sides of the pan.

Garnish with ghee fried cashews and raisins.