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"Mane Adige" means "Home Food" in kannada and this blog is all about recipes that I cook. Most of the recipes I post here will be from "Mangalooru" and "Bengalooru " regions of Karnataka,India. Rest of them are the one's which I try out by improvising the recipes got from different sources.

Monday, September 7, 2009

Annada Kesari Bhaat / Sweet Saffron Rice

         

Hey folks! All well at your end, I hope.... Things have been good at my end,apart from the cough and cold that everyone in our house is falling prey to. The weather out here in Bengaluru has been pretty gloomy and rainy. Probably that's the reason why everyone around seems to be falling sick so often.

My Ajji- Taata are here with us since a couple of weeks and I am getting to learn a whole lot of traditional dishes from  my Ajji! One such dish that I learned from her was "Annada Kesari Bhaat". This dish happens to be one of my favorites, and I love it even more after having learned how easy it is to make :) Have a surprise guest at home? You could put this together in just 10-15 mins!

Ingredients:

3/4 cup Cooked white rice ( I like mine to be mushy and well cooked)

1 cup Sugar (Adjust quantity according to taste)

1/4 cup Ghee/Clarified butter

8-10 Saffron strands

1-2 tsp Warm Milk

1 tbsp Raisin-Cashew mixture

1-2 drops Food color (optional)

 

Method:

  1. Soak saffron strands in warm milk and keep aside.
  2. Heat a pan on medium flame and add 1/4 cup of water to it.
  3. Add all the sugar and stir until it dissolves completely and forms a thread like consistency; Note:Add just enough water to dissolve all the sugar.
  4. Add half the quantity of ghee to the pan and stir until it dissolves.
  5. Add the cooked and mashed rice, food color and remaining ghee; Pour the milk with saffron strands over it and mix thoroughly.
  6. Roast the cashews and raisins in 1 tsp of ghee and add to the Kesari Bhaat; Serve hot and relish!

35 comments:

nirupamasundar said...

Hi Ramya, nice to see you again, pl continue till the little one is due, anyway this loooks lovely and easy, take care

Priya Narasimhan said...

ramya, I too learnt a recipe very similar to this from my grandmother. :-) and its my favourite too. Yours looks just awesome and mouthwatering.

Parita said...

how r u doing dear? do tc of ur health..kesari bhaat looks delicious, love the click!

Lakshmi said...

Namgu sakkath istha bidi annada kesari bath. Madlikku sulabha, tinnoku ruchiyagi irathe. Enjoy maadi Bengaluru :)

Nithya said...

Looks tempting.. I just love this bhaat.. mom makes this as prasadam at times.. yummm..

Sharmila said...

Am sure this gets done fast since cooked rice is used. Looks heavenly. :-)

Finla said...

I just want to take a sponn from the kitchen and dig into that delicous sweet.

Unknown said...

wow wow looks so great nice color and beautiful pic. will try this recipe for sure.

Kannada Cuisine said...

looks very inviting!! I guess this is what we call 'Paramanna' my grandfather's favorite!

Uj said...

I love kesari bhaat too.. Lucky to have your ajji around.. take care

amna said...

i recently bought some good saffron. can't wait to try out dishes with it now :)

Srivalli said...

Great looking rice!

lubnakarim06 said...

Wow...very yum....take care....

lubnakarim06 said...

Nice to know that you are here in Bangalore....

Priya Suresh said...

Wow kesari bhaat looks fabulous..

Aps Kitchen said...

Hey Ramya...... Luks gr8....nd one more q is ur name ramya rao..... if yes do reply me bac :)

Ash said...

Hey,
Good to know that u r here in Bangalore. And this prep looks yummy. I think it resembles the sweet pongal. But this is made of sugar, of course. Welcome,

Ash...........

(http://ashaoceanichope.blogspot.com)

Deepthi Shankar said...

I love this one too ..

aparna na veen said...

Nice photo Ramya!

snavile said...

Hi,

This looks familiar.. to Shalyanna in Nanjangud a very traditional offering to Lord SriKantheshwara

As always love your pics and blogs. all the best
suma

Anonymous said...

Hi Ramya, so happy to know you are settled in B'lore comfortably and enjoying family. Hope you had a wonderful Deepavali there with all the Patakis! :))

Annada Kesari bhath looks yummmyy.

Mail me when you can at

foodieshope@hotmail.com

Going thru' tough times still here, I will try and be back blogging. Hugs, have a great time there.

Asha

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Rajiv Mathew said...

Lovely blog! Mouth watering dishes! :)

Author said...

Thanks for the nice recipe... very helpful.. out here in cold sweden :)

Ash said...

Hey Ramya,

Long time no hear.....I hope all's well.... Frequent visit to ur blog is a reason I started off with mine...

Kindly collect ur Beers to you!!!!! award from my blog,

Ash....
(http://asha-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)

GEORGE ALAN FRAMPTON said...

Hi, Ramya. I've missed your posts. Thank you for this recipe. Although my grandmother was a great cook, alas, we are all Canadian maritimers. I ate kesari bhaat years ago at a Hindu temple I had been invited to, and just loved it. Now I can make my own. Thank you.

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Kumudha said...

I remember this sweet dish while growing up in Bangalore...

Thank you for sharing so many vegetarian and vegan recipes!

Malar Gandhi said...

Lovely entry...love saffron flavour so much, this looks awesome.

s said...

Yum...wonderful recipe and pic

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Hi,

That is an easy and tasty dish....and I must confess I love the little metal container with all those irregular patterns....Lovely!

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