Akkaravadisal

Ingredients :  Rice(1 cup),  Green gram(1/2 cup),  milk(4 cups),  jaggery(1 1/2 cups), ghee(4 spoons),  saffron(1 pinch),  cardomom(2-3 pods), nutmeg powder(1/2 spoon),  cashews(10-12), raisins(a handful)

Pressure cook the rice and the green gram in milk.(in the exact same way as you would cook plain rice,  milk being the replacement for water).

In a non-stick pan,  melt the jaggery.
It should reach a bubbly sticking consistency.
Pour the cooked rice in it, add the ghee and keep stirring.
When it mixes well,  let it simmer for 5-6 minutes.
Dissolve saffron in a spoon of milk.
Add this saffron, cardomom, nutmeg powder to it.
Roast cashews and raisins in ghee and add to the mixture.
Mix well.

Akkaravadisal is considered a speciality.   It is not made very often...getting the right taste and consistency requires practice.


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