Akkaraadisal (Rich Rice Pudding)

This is a traditional Iyengar dish. It is rich rice pudding made with milk, Jaggery and ghee.People often think that Sarkkarai Pongal is the same.  This dish is slightly different from Sarkkarai Pongal

Differences are:

Semi solid, Lot of milk and ghee used: less  nuts used, Boiling time more,   do not used the pachaikarpuram.

I have memories of eating this in Azhagarkovil temple where it is traditionally made as prasadam on “Koodarai “day. Its so yummy.

Ingredients:

Rice                             ½ cup

Whole Milk                    4 cups

Water                           1 cup

Jaggery grated              1 ¼ cup 

Crushed Elachi              5 nos

Ghee                             ¼ cup

Cashews and Raisins       1 tbsp

Saffron                           1 tsp (Soaked in warm milk)

Method:

• Wash the rice and fry it 1 tsp of ghee
• Add 2 cups of milk and 1 cup of water and cook it in the pressure cooker for 4 whistles
• After 4 whistles simmer the stove and cook for 5 minutes
• Take out from the cooker and smash the rice very well. Keep aside.
• Powder the Jaggery. Mix it in one ladle of water.
• Heat it and stir continuously till it turns into syrup state. Filter it.
• Mix this filtered Jaggery syrup with the cooked rice mixture.
• Smash the cooked rice mixture with left over milk and  ghee;cook it  lower heat.
• Fry the nuts and elachi in ghee and add it to the rice mixture.And there you go! Here’s your tasty Akkaravadisal!

Note: Akkaraadisal should be in semi- solid state.
For Low Fat : Reduce the ghee amount , Instead of half and half, use 2% milk