- Heat a pan and roast the poha for 3-4 minutes Allow it to cool and grind into a coarse powder. Again, heat a pan with ghee, fry the cashews and raisins till they turn into golden colour. Take them into a bowl and keep aside In the same pan add the powdered poha mixture and fry 2-3 mins. Add 1 cup of hot water and combine everything well. Add the remaining ghee and cook completely. Next add sugar, food colour along with cardamom powder and mix everything well. Keep mixing and cook for 5-6 mins. Add the fried cashews, raisins and mix well and transfer into a severing bowl and serve atukulu Kesari.