Ingredients:

• 2 tbsps – long grain Rice
• 2 tbsps – Poppy Seeds (gasagase)
• 2 cups – Milk
• 1 cup – water
• 1 block – Jaggery (or 10-12 tbsps – brown sugar)
• 10 tbsps – Sugar
• 1/2 cup – desiccated Coconut or dry Coconut-kobbari

Method:

1. Allow milk to boil in a pan at low heat.
2. In another vessel, add jaggery (or brown sugar), sugar and 1 cup water. Boil at medium heat till it becomes thick.
3. Take another pan, dry roast rice and poppy seeds.
4. Grind the fried rice and poppy seeds with coconut into a smooth paste with very little water.
5. Add this fine paste to the thick jaggery syrup and boil for about 10-12 mins.
6. Add this to the boiling milk and boil for about 10 mins.
7. Remove all coarse elements from this liquid by filtering in a drainer or colander.
8. Serve hot or cold.

Recipe courtesy of Sify Bawarchi