SEMIYA KESARI RECIPE | HAPPY NEW YEAR 2013

I wish all my readers and friends a HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!! Let us begin another New year with new hopes,new aspirations and new spirits.

I am posting a simple sweet recipe for the sweet beginning of another year.Semiya Kesari is a very simple recipe and is prepared in a similar way like how we do Rava Kesari with few changes in the measurements.It is a nice variation to the regular Rava kesari and is very quick to make.

Semiya Kesari | Vermicelli Kesari Recipe:

(Serves 4)

Ingredients:

1 cup Semiya/Vermicelli

1 1/2 cups Water

1/2 cup Sugar

few strands of Saffron

1 tsp warm Milk,to soak saffron

6-8 Cashew nuts,broken

2-3 tbsp Raisins

2 tbsp Ghee

Method:

• Soak saffron in warm milk.
• Heat ghee in a kadai/pan and add broken cashew nuts and fry them until they turn slightly brown,remove them and keep aside.
• In the same pan add raisins and fry until they bulge,remove and keep them aside.
• In the remaining ghee add semiya and roast until you get slight golden in color.
• Meanwhile boil water in a separate pan and keep it ready.
• Add the boiling water to the roasted semiya and cook until done.
• Add sugar to it and mix well,at this point it leaves the syrupy solution,boil until all the syrupy solution gets mixed with the semiya and cooked well.
• Add the soaked saffron and fried dry fruits and mix well.

Serve it hot/warm or at room temperature.

Notes:

1. You can use a pinch of kesar color to it,I do not prefer food colors hence I did not add and relied on the saffron for the color.
2. Add a pinch of cardamom powder at the end if you wish,it adds a nice flavor.
3. You can even first make the sugar syrup solution by boiling the water and sugar together and then add the roasted vermicelli to it.You can make it either ways.

Before I finish my post,let me WISH YOU ALL A FABULOUS NEW YEAR once again!! Have fun folks.