Blueberry Kesari
In the Krishna Temple, I first tasted this purple colour kesari and got attracted with the colour, flavour and taste of that Kesari. Since then, I have been thinking to make this kesari in my kitchen. Maha Shivarathri was the best choice to try out this Prasadam as I somehow feel some closeness between Lord Shiva and Blueberry, may be due to the colour.!! My version also turned out good with the exact blueberry flavour, taste and colour..So, I have decided to make this Prasadam mainly for Lord Shiva and Lord Krishna for the reason I mentioned.
Ingredients
Blueberries - 1/2 cup
Rava / Sooji - 1/2 cup
Sugar - Between 1/4 and 1/2 cup
Ghee - 1 tbsp
Cardamom Powder / Elachi / Elakkai - 1 tsp
Ghee roasted cashew nuts - 8 or 10 small pieces
Method
- In a cooking pan / frying pan, first roast the Sooji / rava with a drop of ghee till it turns golden brown.
- Then add 2 cups of water and stir them well. When the sooji is cooked well, add sugar and blueberries into the pan. Stir constantly till the blueberries get cooked and mashed thoroughly.
- Slowly the Kesari would be turning into light purple colour when the blueberries are getting mashed.
- Next add the Cardamom powder and ghee and stir them well on a medium flame.
- Switch off the flame when you notice the kesari coming out of its side easily and the ghee oozing out of the Kesari.
- Drop few ghee roasted cashew nuts on its top and offer the prasadam to Lord Shiva.