Akkara Adisil Recipe

Akkara Adisil Recipe

Ingredients:

Basmati Rice - 1/2 cup

Yellow Split Moongdal / Pasiparuppu - 1/4 cup

Sugar - 1/2 cup

Milk - 3 cup

Water - 1 cup

Cardamom Powder - 1 tsp

Saffron a pinch

Ghee - 2 tblspn + 1 tsp

Cashews - 10 

Kishmish - 15

Method:

Wash rice and dal together and soak them for 30 mins. Soak saffron in 1 tblspn of milk.

Now take a heavy bottom pan, add in a tsp of ghee. Add the soaked drained rice and dal and fry for few mins.

Now add in milk and water. Bring it to boil, simmer the stove and cook on a low heat for 30 to 35 mins till the rice and dal is completely cooked and mashed up. Keep stiring often.

Now add in sugar and some more milk if needed. Keep stiring, or it will burn.

Once everything is mixed and the mixture has got thick, add in cardamom powder and saffron milk. Mix well.

Now fry cashews and kishmish in ghee and pour that over the rice.

Mix well.

Let it cool so it will get even thicker and then Serve.

Pictorial:

Take your ingredients

Soak some saffron in milk

Take rice and moong dal in a bowl

wash them well and soak them for 30 mins

Now heat ghee in a heavy bottom pan

add in rice and dal

fry for few mins

add in milk

and some water

cook it while stiring often till the rice and dal is completely cooked and mashed up

mix well

I transfered it to a bigger pan

add in more milk

and sugar

mix well and keep cooking 

finally add in cardamom powder

saffron soaked milk

mix well

When your allow it to cool down a little it will get thick

heat ghee in a small pan

add in cashews and kishmish

pour that over the rice

mix well

done

serve