Ingredients:

• 1 cup – raw Rice
• 1/2 cup – moong dal
• 1.75 cups – Sugar candy (Kalkandu)
• 8 – Cardamom pods
• 15 – Cashew nuts
• 15 – Raisins
• 4 tbsp – Ghee
• 2.75 cups – water

Method:

1. Heat a tbsp of ghee in a pan.
2. Roast the moong dal in the ghee.
3. Pressure cook the raw rice along with the roasted moong dal with 2 cups of water up to 4 whistles.
4. Heat a heavy bottomed pan and add kalkandu (sugar candy).
5. Add 3/4 cup water so that the sugar candy dissolves.
6. Stir the sugar syrup continuously until the syrup turns sticky.
7. Now add the rice and dal mixture.
8. On a low flame, stir the mixture evenly to blend with the sugar candy syrup.
9. Add 2 tbsps ghee slowly and keep stirring for at least 4-5 mins.
10. Fry cashews in a tbsp of ghee and add to the dal mixture with powdered cardamom and raisins.
11. Serve hot.
12. Recipe & image courtesy: www.subbuskitchen.com