Arisi Thirukkannamudhu (Rice paayasam)

Ingredients

Cooked Rice - 1 cup
Bengal gram (Kadalai paruppu) - 2 tablespoon
Jaggery - 3/4 cup
Cardamon (Elakkai) - 4 (powdered)
Cashew (mundhiri) - 10
Dried grapes - 10
Grated coconut (thuruviya thengaai) - 1 tablespoon
Boiled, cooled milk - 1/2 tumbler

Preparation

1. Cook bengal gram. (Put it in a cup of water and cook in a pressure cooker for 2 sounds)
2. Heat a heavy bottomed vessel in a stove, in low flame
3. Add mashed jaggery
4. Add 1 tumbler of water
5. Heat for 10 minutes
6. Take the cooked rice. Mash it and put it in the vessel
7. Add cooked bengal gram
8. Add grated coconut
9. Heat for 10 minutes
10. Turn off the stove
11. In a separate pan, add 1 tablespoon of ghee and heat it. Add cashew and dried grapes. Roast it.
12. Mix this with the paayasam
13. Add the milk and mix thoroughly