Kesari Baat(ಕೇಸರಿ ಬಾತ್)

Ingredients Required

ಸಣ್ಣಕ್ಕಿ : 1 Cup
Sugar : 2 cup
Ghee: 1/4 - 1/2 cup
Kesar: 1/2 - 3/4 gm
Milk : 2-3 tsp
Salt: 1 tsp
Lemon Juice: 2 tsp
Water: 6-7 Cup
Cashew: 10-12 (make it into small pieces)
Raisins: 6-8


Method:

1) Heat a kadai and add aroun 0.5 -0.75 gm kesar to it on a low flame
Heat it just for 1 min, so that it becomes lill hard)
(Kesar should not get burn)
2)Later crush it into powder
3)Add the above powder to lill amount of milk and immediately close and keep it

Making Rice
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1) To 1 cup of rice(ಸಣ್ಣಕ್ಕಿ), add 5 cups of water and heat it on a medium flame.
****Keep checking, so that it does not burn at the bottom
2)Once its little cooked add 1-2 more cups of water if required
3)The rice should be cooked little more than the regular rice.
4)Once it cooked like that, the water from this cooked rice should be drained out.
5)Allow the rice to cool for some time.

Making Kesari Baat
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1)In a big kaDaai, add little more than the 1/4 cup of Ghee and keept on a low flame
2)Later add the drained rice(which has been cooled now) and to it add around 2 cups of sugar(according to the sweet required, normally it requires 2 cups, in case if less sweet is required then augar quantity can be reduced)
3)To this add the kesar powder which is dissolved in milk.
4)And keep strirring it on a low-medium flam.
5) To this add salt which is dissolved in lemon juice and keep stirring
6)It should be strirred until, ghee starts flowing out from the side ways of the kaDaai.
7)Once you start seeing the  ghee at the side-ways, add cashews and raisins

1 kg sannakki

700 gm ghee

40 ml lemon juice 

30 ml salt