Recipe from India: Kesari Bath (sweet semolina dessert) Also known as sojji in Tamilnadu, ksheera in marathi and kesari bath in Karnataka and sooji ka halva in UP. Rava (semolina): 1 cupsugar: 1.5-2 cupscashewnuts: 10-12raisins: 15-20ghee: 4 tbsp or moreorange food color (kesari): a pinchsaffron: a pinch (optional)cardamom: 3-4 (optional)Heat 1 tbsp of ghee in a thick bottomed pan, fry the broken cashews and raisins (and optional cloves) and keep aside. Add ...

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India Day 1 I was really excited yet apprehensive about my visit to India. On the one hand, I was really excited to being coming to my home country on a ship (I think I'm the first in my family to do this!) so that was pretty cool but knowing that I would be seeing family, particularly my mother, was quite nerve-racking. I got up early so I could see us get into port. People on the ship had told me we would smell India before seeing anythin...