Almond Kesari

Have you tried my Pineapple Kesari? This is another variation of plain kesari. It tastes really good.

Ingredients:
1/2 cup Sooji/Semolina
1 1/4 cup Water
1/2 cup dry Almond powder
5 tsp mtr badam feast (optional)
1/2 cup Sugar
A pinch of Saffron and Cardamom
Handful of roasted Cashews and Raisins
1/4 cup Ghee

Method:
In little ghee, roast cashews and raisins and set aside.
Fry sooji in the same pan on low flame till it turns light golden brown.
Add almond powder, mtr badam feast and cardamom.
In another vessel, boil water and saffron.
Add it to Sooji/Almond mixture gradually and stir continuously to avoid forming of lumps.
When Sooji is cooked, add sugar and mix well. Add ghee and garnish with nuts and raisins.

If you are not using mtr badam feast, increase the amount of sugar to 3/4 cup.

Dry Fruits Bar for "Show me your breakfast" event

I bought a pack of assorted dry fruits and nuts and thought of trying breakfast bars with it. It turned out very tasty.

Today's breakfast is Dry fruits bar, chopped strawberries and a glass of milk!

Ingredients:
Assorted dry fruits(cashews, almonds, walnuts, pistachio, hazel nuts, roasted chick peas, raisins, dry figs, dried apricots, banana chips, dried cranberries and/or any other nuts/dry fruits you like)-1 cup(approximately 1.5 tbs each dry fruit)
Dates(Seedless)-10
Cardamom-1/2 tsp

Method:
Blend all the ingredients together till the mixture becomes slightly wet from the natural oil present in the nuts. Shape them into bars.

Sending this to Show me your Breakfast! - July 10th event.

Badam Ragi Malt(almond-fingermillet porridge)

Ragi malt makes a perfect breakfast item. It can keep you full until lunch time. I added some MTR's badam mix to give a twist to this drink.

Serves 1

Ingredients:
Ragi flour(fingermillet flour)-3-4 tsp
MTR's badam mix(or powdered almond)-1 tsp
Sugar-2 tsp
Milk- 1 glass
Cardamom-1/4 tsp

Method:
Heat milk in a pan.
Mix ragi with 1/2 cup of water and whisk well with a fork so that there are no lumps.
When milk starts to boil, add the ragi paste, badam mix, sugar and cardamom. Simmer for 2 minutes and serve hot.

And this goes to my event: 15minute Cooking - May 20th