Ingredients:
1 tblsp cashewnuts
1 tblsp raisins
1 cup basmati rice
1 tblsp pure ghee
1/2 tsp green cardamom powder
1/2 cup sugar
25 gms sugar crystals
saffron few strands
How to make kesari bhaat :
Soak rice for half an hour.
Heat up ghee in a pan, fry raisins and cashewnuts, remove and keep aside.
In the same ghee mix in rice and stir fry till rice starts separating.
Dissolve saffron in warm water and keep aside.
Mix in 11/2 cup of boiling water to the rice and mix in saffron water and let it cook.
When half done mix in sugar and continue to stir fry till all the water has been absorbed and the rice is cooked.
Finally mix in the cardamom powder and decorate it with fried dry fruits and sugar crystals.
Serve hot.