PHOVA KESAR

 Learning  new dishes from our friends, internet, food groups etc, is really a fun filled work for 

me. This particular dish Phova Kesar, I learned from a popular food group KKAJ. They have their own blog also, which contains all Konkani traditional food. The author of this recipe is Ms Sobha Shenoi. The recipe goes like this...

PHOVA KESAR

WHAT YOU NEED:

Phova - 1 cup, thick variety

Sugar - 1/2 cup

Cashew nuts - 1 tbsp

Kishmis - 1 tbsp

Sunflower seeds - 1 -2 tsp

Kesar / Safron - few strands

Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp

Ghee

PHOVA KESAR

HOW TO MAKE:

Soak saffron in 1/4 cup warm milk. Rub the saffrons with fingers and keep aside.

Heat a tbsp of ghee in kadahi, fry cashews and kishmis, remove and keep aside.

Fry phova in the same kadahi till crisp on medium heat. See that not to burn.

Make a coarse powder when it becomes cool.

Now in kadahi add powdered phova and 2 cups of water and heat it on medium flame.

When Phova absorbs the water and cooked then add sugar and saffron milk. Keep stirring till it become a mass.

Add nuts, kishmis, sunflower seeds and cardamom powder. Mix well. ( Keep some nuts and sunflower seeds separate to garnish later.)

Add a tbsp of ghee over it and mix again.

Garnish with Cashew bits and Sunflower seeds.

You can spread it on the plate and cut in shapes like square/ diamond.

Serve Phova kesar as dessert.