Papaya Kesari

Papaya Kesari is a sweet dessert made using ripe papaya, rava, sugar and little milk.Papaya Kesari recipe is given below with step by step photos.

The following ingredients are needed to prepare Papaya Kesari.

Ingredients:-

Ripe Papaya.          -1
Rava.                      -1 cup
Sugar.                     -3/4 cup
Boiled Milk.           -1/4cup
Food colour.           - a pinch
Cardamom powder.-1tsp
Cashewnuts.           -few
Ghee.                      -2tbsp +1tsp

Instructions:-

1). Chop and remove the outer skin of ripe papaya. Cut the papaya into two halves and remove the seeds and chop ripe papaya into big pieces. Add chopped ripe papaya pieces (about 1 cup) and 1/4 cup boiled milk in a blender and blend to a smooth paste and keep aside.

2). Heat 2tbsp ghee in a pan and fry cashewnuts till golden colour and keep aside.

3). In the same pan add rava and roast on low flame for 5 minutes or til nice aroma comes out and transfer to a plate.

Method:-

1). In a wide bottom pan add 2 cup of water and a pinch of food colour. Mix well and boil for few minutes.

2). Add roasted rava into the boiling water and stir well without lumps and cook rava on low flame.

3). Once the rava is cooked and becomes thick add cardamom powder into the pan and mix well.

4). Add sugar and blended ripe papaya paste into the pan.

5). Stir the mixture continuously without lumps till sugar dissolves.

6). Once the rava papaya mixture starts to become thick add 2tsp ghee into the pan and mix well.

7). Add ghee fried cashew nut piecess  into the pan and mix well. Switch off the flame.

8). Apply little ghee in a bowl and transfer the papaya kesari to the greased bowl.Garnish the papaya kesari with few ghee fried cashews.

Sweet Papaya Kesari is ready.