Akkaravadisal Recipe

Ingredients :
Rice - 1 cup
Green gram dal (moongh dal) - 2 tbsp
Powdered jaggery - 1 1/2 cups
Milk - 1/2 litre
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Raisins and cashew nut pieces - 1/2 tbsp
Finely cut coconut pieces
A pinch of each cardamom powder, saffron, cooking camphor, javitri.

Method :
1.  Wash rice and dal together, strain.
2.  Fry the rice -dal mixture in 1 tbsp ghee. Add 1 1/2 cups water, 1 1/2 cups milk and pressure cook.
3.  When the pressure falls, remove the lid carefully and mash the cooked rice dal mixture.
4.  Boil jaggery in 1 1/2 cups water, remove, strain syrup to remove and grit.
5.  Add jaggery syrup to pan and cook for a while. When it is well blended, add rest of the milk, mix thoroughly and cook for a while longer.
6.  Add cardamom powder, saffron, cooking camphor and javitri. Fry the nuts, raisins and coconut pieces in the other tbsp ghee and add to payasam.