I have posted traditional method of making Rava Kesari already. It was such a memorable moment. My mother had come to visit me after YEARS and it was pure nostalgia. Those days I was into regular blogging and my mom jumped into the bandwagon with equal gusto. I have mentioned this countless times here, that she has sweet tooth while I am the exact opposite. So she was really disappointed at the abysmal numbers of Indian sweets in my blog and chose to rectify it immediately 
Now, Sooji ka Halwa (North) or Kesari /Kesari Bhath (South) is a minimally spiced semolina pudding that’s sweet and creamy. Utterly simple to make, its probably the very first dessert that most Indians learn to make. This is supposed to have originated from the state of Karnataka, where the word “kesari” refers to saffron the usage of which, lends that classic golden hue to this dessert.
I still remember making this during my first year of marriage – that phase when curiosity to try science like experiments with food, peaks its head. And just like any lab with success rates fighting losing battles, my kitchen that day faced an abysmal failure; all due to a mistake of adding sugar to undercooked semolina! Clearly my skills for interpreting my mother’s instruction left a lot to be desired and earned a reprimand for not learning basics earlier! 
When I tried making Rava Kesari using the OPOS method, I couldn’t help but wonder how easy it would have been if there was such a thing called OPOS cooking those days? It takes out the intimidating factor of cooking thereby making it very approachable.
The only effort involves loading a pressure cooker with flavored sugar syrup for cooking and when done, adding roasted semolina. A resting phase allows the semolina to soak up all that juicy syrup and brim with deliciously creamy goodness. No stirring, no monitoring, no wondering and no facing abysmal failures. Its a pretty straightforward process and something you can make it right now – even if you have only boiled water till date (or may be not even that!) Sounds quite a lofty claim doesn’t it? Yes, it sure is. You will see why when you try it out :wink: (...)
Read the rest of Easy Rava Kesari (OPOS) at Chef In You
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