Apple Kesari

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Level: Medium
Preparation time: 10 min
Cooking time: 20 min
Serves: 4

Ingredients
Rawa/Sooji : 1/2 cup
Apple: 1 medium sized (make sure that the apples are not sour)
Sugar:1/2 cup
Ghee:2 tablespoons
Cardomom: 1/2 tsp
Milk: 1 cup
Water:1/2 cup


Procedure
Step1:
Heat 1 tsp of ghee in a heavy bottom pan and roast the rava until a nice aroma comes out.
Usually this step takes 3-4 min. The color of rava changes to light pink.
Keep the roasted rava aside

Step2:
Peel and chop the apples and blend it to coarse paste.


Step3:
Cook this apple in a low- medium flame for 7 minutes

Step4:
Now add 1 cup of milk and 1/2 cup of water and bring it to a boil


Step6:
Add the roasted rava slowly and stir it continously without forming any lumps

Step7:
Switch off the flame and let the rava get cooked for 2 min


Step8:
Now switch on the flame.Keep it low. Add sugar slowly with constant stirring to avoid lumps


Step9:
Add ghee and cook the mixture again and stir continously until it comes off the sides of the pan (It may take 3 - 4 in at this point)
The consistency of the kesari tends to become thick once it is cooled down.So switch off the flame before it reaches the desired consistency


Step10:
Add powdered cardomom and switch off the flame


Step11:
Garnish with cashews fried in ghee


Serving suggestions
For toddlers ( 1yr to 3 yr)

• Do not use any nuts for decoration 
• Reduce the amount of sugar to 1/4 cup
• Can use milk in place of water

For older kidsStep 8: Cook the kesari for a minute or two longer and transfer to a greased plate. Cut into diamond shapes and serve as a mid morning snack to school

For parties

• Cut into fun shapes using cookie cutter
• Serve in baking cups to make more attractive
• Use fine suji for best results