Semiya Kesari or sweet vermicelli is an easy dessert that you can make in a jiffy with just a handful of ingredients. This dessert tastes amazing. Making it in Instant pot saves you time and lets you make this dessert in less than 15 minutes. Can we see how?
Semiya Kesari
In Indian cuisine, desserts and sweets have a special place similar to the variety of savory recipes. Most of them require or can be made with minimal ingredients like this kesari. There are many variations of kesari like rava kesari, aval kesari, Pineapple kesari and so on.
The main ingredients to make this kesari is vermicelli, sugar, and water. The nuts and ghee can be skipped if you want to make low low-calorie. Or you can enhance the kesari by adding saffron strands to give it a naturally rich flavor and color.
| Other recipes using semiya – Semiya upma, Semiya Kheer. |
How to make Semiya Kesari/ Vermicelli Kesari
Let’s see how to make semiya kesari on the stovetop and in Instant Pot.
Ingredients used
A short video to make
Stovetop method
Take a deep pot. Add ghee and roast the nuts. Remove it to a plate. Now add the roasted vermicelli, water, and sugar in the pot. Stir till the sugar dissolves. Then cover and cook in medium flame till the vermicelli absorbs all the water. Once the water is absorbed, add ghee and roasted nuts. Stir and switch off. Serve warm or cold.
I have used roasted vermicelli in this recipe. If you don’t have roasted vermicelli, then in a deep pot roast vermicelli with 1 tsp ghee.
Instant pot method
Switch on the Instant Pot. Press the saute button. Add ghee and roast the nuts. Remove it to a plate. Add semiya/ vermicelli, water, and sugar. Close the lid. Press cancel and then the manual button. Set the timer to 1 minute and pressure cook. Once it is cooked, let the pressure release naturally. Open the lid and add the roasted nuts and you can add 1 more tsp of ghee. Serve warm or cold.
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Semiya Kesari Recipe with stepwise instructions.
Ingredients
1 Cup = 240 ml 1 Tbsp = 15 g 1 Tsp = 5 g
Roasted vermicelli – 1 Cup
Sugar – ½ Cup ( see notes)
Water – 1 Cup ( see notes)
Ghee – 2 Tsp
Cashews – few
Raisins – few
Method
Stovetop method
- Take a deep pot. Add ghee and roast the nuts. Remove it to a plate.
- Now add the roasted vermicelli, water, and sugar in the pot. Stir till the sugar dissolves. Then cover and cook in medium flame till the vermicelli absorbs all the water.
- Once the water is absorbed, add ghee and roasted nuts. Stir and switch off.
- Serve warm or cold.
Instant pot method
- Switch on the Instant Pot. Press the saute button.
- Add ghee and roast the nuts. Remove it to a plate.
- Add semiya/ vermicelli, water, and sugar. Close the lid.
- Press cancel and then the manual button. Set the timer to 1 minute and pressure cook.
- Once it is cooked, let the pressure release naturally.
- Open the lid and add the roasted nuts and you can add 1 more tsp of ghee.
- Serve warm or cold.
Notes
- Adjust sugar as per your preference.
- While making it on the stovetop, use 1 ½ cup water.
- You can also add saffron strands to give rich color and flavor.
- To make it vegan, you can use vegan ghee or just skip it.
Easy Semiya Kesari
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 Cup Roasted vermicelli
- 1/2 Cup Sugar see notes
- 1 Cup Water see notes
- 2 Tsp Ghee
- Cashews few
- Raisins few
Instructions
Stovetop method
- Take a deep pot. Add ghee and roast the nuts. Remove it to a plate.
- Now add the roasted vermicelli, water and sugar in the pot. Stir till the sugar dissolves. Then cover and cook in medium flame till the vermicelli absorbs all the water.
- Once the water is absorbed, add ghee and roasted nuts. Stir and switch off.
- Serve warm or cold.
Instant pot method
- Switch on the Instant pot. Press the saute button.
- Add ghee and roast the nuts. Remove it to a plate.
- Add semiya/ vermicelli, water, and sugar. Close the lid.
- Press cancel and then the manual button. Set the timer to 1 minute and pressure cook.
- Once it is cooked, let the pressure release naturally.
- Open the lid and add the roasted nuts and you can add 1 more tsp of ghee.
- Serve warm or cold.
Video
Notes
- Adjust sugar as per your preference.
- While making it on the stovetop, use 1 ½ cup water.
- You can also add saffron strands to give rich color and flavor.
- To make it vegan, you can use vegan ghee or just skip it.
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WOW Lathiya !!! I never tried semiya without using milk. Definitely I will try this sometime as I am not at all fond of milk. Interesting recipe. Thanks for sharing !
You are welcome Sasmita. Hope you like this.
Love such quick sweet treats. These are my go to naivedyam on working festival days. Such recipes are treasure.
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Semiya kesari looks so delicious and tempting. Quick and easy to make. Love the way you have perfectly cooked without being mushy.
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Everyone in my house likes rava kesari except me who loves semiya kesari. Love the slight crunch of the semiya along with sweetness. Lovely recipe!
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Semiya is one of my favorite ingredients to make kheer or upma. Never tried keasri though. It sounds and looks so delicious.
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Semiya kesri looks super delicious. This is my to go quick whip for those sweet cravings
This is such an easy and quick recipe and you have explained it really well in detail!!
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As you said in the beginning , it is a quick dessert recipe. When there is no time for an elaborate recipe these quick recipes really help us.. Semiya Kesari looks really delicious
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This reminds me of a sweet strawberry pasta dessert with nuts that I had many years ago in New York. I love how Indian cuisine is so creative with ingredients, and I don’t think there has been an Indian dish I didn’t like. I am going to have to add this to my list of recipes to make!
That’s so sweet of you. Please do give a try and let me know your feedback. Thank you
Interesting recipe. I never tried making sweet semiya without milk. But this looks so delicious and easy that I will make it today itself. Thanks for sharing this recipe.
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I can imagine this would be a recipe that children would enjoy, and it’s so simple you could make it quickly for them. Yum!
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