A sweet dish in South India especially made during an auspicious occasion and a nice dish for neivediyam for Goddess Mahalakshmi.
Ingredients
Raw Rice – 1 cup
Green gram (Moong Dal) – 1/2 cup
Milk – 1 cup
Water – 3 cups
Jaggery – 2 cups
Cashew nuts – handful
Raisins – handful
edible camphor – a pinch
Ghee
Please note – Jaggery/ ghee/ cashew/ raisins has no exact measure. So, if you are greedy go ahead 🙂
if you prefer you could add equal portion of milk and water but the shelf life is even more less and has to be had hot and immediately
Procedure
1.Boil rice and moong dal cook with milk and water, once done sim the flame
2.Meanwhile separately dissolve jaggery in warm watter and drain to remove impurities
3.keep stirring in a low flame till it gets a little thick
4. Add the jaggery to the rice and dal in sim flame and stir well till it completely gets mixed
5. Roast chashew and raisin in sufficient ghee and add to the above mixture
6. Add edible camphor if you prefer
7. Stir well and put off the gas
Serve it hot
Recipe Contributed By:
Mithra Malini
Chennai
India
Time Taken: 20 minutes