Ingredients

• 1/2 cup - dry fruits (chopped dates, raisins, cranberries and other nuts)
• 1/2 cup - rava
• 3 tbsp - sugar
• 2 tsp - ghee
• 1 pinch - cardamom powder
• 6 - almonds
• 1 cup - water
• 3 to 4 drops - food color optional (yellow, orange or red)

How to Make Dry Fruit Kesari

• Stir-fry rava with 1 tsp ghee on low flame till the smell of raw grain goes. Set it aside for later use.
• Saute dry fruits for 5-10 seconds in a pan with 1 tbsp ghee on low flame.
• Add water, sugar, cardamom powder and food colour to them and increase heat to high flame.
• Add roasted rava to boiling water slowly and smoothen out any lumps and mix well.
• Reduce heat and keep stirring continuously till the mixture is cooked.
• Grease a plate and pour 'kesari' into it. Let it cool and get set.
• Cut it into smaller pieces and garnish it with an almond.