kesar

1. (South Asia, cooking) Saffron.Examples: "kesar milk"; "The newly emerging Muslim middle class would offer ‘kesar’ tea after marriages or other formal feasts, replacing the traditional tea leaves with kesar strands. […]Over the years Pampur’s apiculture, claimed by many to create the best medicinal honey in the region, that is, kesar honey, has also prospered."Synonyms: zafraniSouth-Asiauncountable