Naanjil Suvai

Essence of South Indian Cooking

Mar 27, 2011


Ingredients

¼ Cup Moong Dhall (Green gram dhall)
½ Cup Raw Rice
  Cup Water
2 Cups Brown Jaggery
1 Tbsp Water
1 Tbsp Ghee (Clarified Butter)
1 Tbsp Cashews
1 Tbsp Raisins
1 Pinch Cardomom Powder


1.   In a kadai (Frying pan) dry roast moong dhall for 5minutes in medium flame.
2.   Remove, Add and wash in water twice.  Add 2¼  Cups of Water.
3.   Cook for 10 minutes in a pressure cooker
4.   In a spacepan melt jaggery and water in a medium flame. When it boils remove from fire and filter if necessary.
5.   In a pan, heat ghee and fry cashew nuts and raisins
6.   Add cooked dhall+rice and the filtered jiggery sauce-syrup
7.   Add cardamom and cook till well blended
8.   Remove from fire.

Serves three people.