Ingredients
1. Basmati rice (1c)
2. pure ghee (1tbsp)
3. sugar (1/2c)
4. cashew nuts (1tbsp)
5. saffron (few strands)
6. raisins (1tbsp)
7. green cardamom powder (1/2tsp)
8. sugar crystals (25gms)

Method of preparation:-
1. Take a bowl, soak rice in it for half an hour. Take a pan, heat ghee in it. Fry cashewnuts and raisins in it. Remove them from pan and then keep them aside. Add rice in the same pan and fry them until the rice begins to separate.

2. Take some warm water, dissolve saffron in it and keep it aside. Add boiling water of about 1 ½ cup to the rice and then mix the saffron water in it and keep it to cook.

3. When the rice gets half cooked then add sugar and keep it to cook until all the water gets absorbed and the rice gets cooked. Now add the cardamom powder in it. Now the kesari bhaat gets ready. Put it in serving bowl, decorate it with dry fruits and sugar crystals. Serve it hot.