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Ingredients
- Moong dal/ Green Gram Split - 1/2 cup.
- Rice - 1/2 cup
- Milk - 3 cups
- Coconut pieces - 1/4 cup
- Cashew Nuts - 10 to 12 nos.
- Sugar - 1 cup
- Raisins (khish-mish - dry grapes)
- Cardamom/ Elaichi powder - 2 tsp
- Ghee / Clarified butter)
Time Required: 20 -25 mins
Method:
1) Fry the moong dal (before washing) till it becomes little light brown or till you start getting aroma
2) Soak rice and dal separately for 10 minutes.
3) Cook rice and dal in pressure cooker up to 3 whistles
4) Heat a pan with 2 tbsp of butter/ghee and fry the coconut bite size pieces and transfer into plate and in the same butter fry the cashews and raisins and keep it aside
5) In the same pan add cooked rice and dal smash them nicely and add milk and sugar and mix them thoroughly
7) Add three table spoons of ghee, powdered cardamon and cook again for a while till all ingredients gets mixed up
8) Garnish with fried coconut pieces, cashews and raisins.
Serve hot or cold as per your family preference.
It is a wonderful, nurturing and comfort breakfast dish very popular in Tamil Nadu.
Ingredients:
- 2 cups Rice
- 3/4 cup Moong Dal / Green Gram Split
- Mustard Seeds - 1 tsp
- Urud Dal/ White Lentils - 1 tsp
- Green Chili - 2 nos.
- Few Curry Leaves
- 1" grated Ginger
- Black Pepper Powder - 3 tsp
- Few Cashews and Raisins for garnishing
- 5-6 tbsp ghee or butter
- Salt to taste
Time Required: 20-25 mins
Method:
Step 01) Wash rice and dal. Cook it in a pressure cooker up to 4 whistles
Step 02) Heat ghee and roast cashews & raisins until golden, remove carefully and set aside.
Step 03) In the same pan add seeds and allow to splutter
Step 04) Add ginger grated, curry leaves, black pepper powder and salt and saute them for about 1 min.
Step 05) Add cooked rice, dal and cup of water and mix nicely with seasoning
Step 06) Garnish with cashews & raisins.
Serving: Serve hot with any Sambhar / Churtney /Brinjal Curry
