Thursday, August 8, 2013

Akkaravadisal




Akkaravadisal is a traditional Iyengar speciality. It is very similar to Chakkarai Pongal, but with some differences which makes it very tasty. It is of semi solid consistency and the rice and dal are cooked completely in milk which gives this dish a very rich and creamy taste.

Traditionally, the rice and dal are slow cooked, with milk until soft and mushy and is then simmered in jaggery syrup. But I have used the pressure cooker here, to make it faster. Also, some people make this with sugar instead of jaggery. I have tried both variations and the sugar one also tastes very yum. Here I have shared this recipe with jaggery.

So, this Aadi velli, please the Goddess, with this divine prasadam.



Serves -  4 to 5
What you’ll need
  1. Raw Rice – ¾ cup
  2. Split Yellow dal/Pasi Paruppu – ¼ cup
  3. Jaggery – 1 ¾ cup
  4. Milk – 4 cup + 2 tbsp
  5. Saffron – few strands
  6. Green Cardamom – 4
  7. Cashewnuts – 10, broken into small pieces
  8. Raisins – 10 to 15
  9. Clarified Butter/Ghee – ¼ cup + 1 tbsp

Method
  1. Soak the saffron in 2 tbsp of warm milk.
  2. Dry roast the dal, until a nice aroma comes out, about 4 to 5 minutes.
  3. Wash the dal and rice in two to three exchanges of water, drain and keep aside.
  4. Add the washed rice and dal into a pressure cooker with 4 cups of milk and cook for 3 whistles and then simmer for 3 to 4 minutes. The rice and dal should be cooked until soft and mushy.
  5. In the meanwhile, add the powdered jaggery to a pan with ¼ cup water and heat on low flame till jaggery is dissolved completely.
  6. Let this come to a boil, keeping on low flame.
  7. Once the cooker has cooled, open transfer the contents into a Kadai, add the soaked saffron and stir for 2 minutes on low flame, next add the jaggery syrup and mix for well, without any lumps.
  8. Now add the 1/4 cup of ghee and mix well. Simmer for 3 to 4 minutes.
  9. Remove from heat.
  10. Heat a small frying pan with remaining ghee and fry the cashewnuts and raisins.
  11. Add this to the akkaravadisal.
  12. Add crushed cardamom, mix well.

Serve warm.



Note:
  1. The consistency of this is semi solid. In case, akkaravadisal becomes thick on cooling you can add warm milk and mix.
  2. You can increase the quantity of ghee upto ½ cup.
  3.  You can also add a pinch of pacha karpooram. I did not add, though.



21 comments:

Unknown said...

Very delicious akkaravadisal.

Unknown said...

authentic reciep and always drooling for this one perfectly made akka and neat authentic presentation

Rumana Rawat said...

Delicious dish...

Eat n Eat little More said...

Wow.. This looks fantabulous!.. My favourite..

Unknown said...

yummy and inviting...

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Unknown said...

achoo this makes me drool, i love chakkara pongal this is a new twist, must try

Unknown said...

Wow..mouth watering dish...looks super tempting and delicious

kitchen queen said...

delicious tempting lip smacking akkara vadisal.

Roshni said...

beautiful Kaveri! love the lalitha sahasranamam book.. interesting you have it in Amsterdam as well. enjoy the festivities

Vimitha Durai said...

Nice authentic recipe Kaveri

Nithya said...

Love the way the props are used in your clicks.. Lip smacking dessert..

divya said...

Delicious and mouthwatering....

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Sangeetha M said...

Akkaravadisal looks so divine...neatly presented Kaveri!

Sona said...

Looks very delicious dear..

Rosita Vargas said...

OMG...bello plato sabroso y cremoso se ve muy irresistible,saludos .

Unknown said...

Looking delicious, my favorite prasadam for special occasions.

Suja Manoj said...

Creamy rich dessert,looks so yummy..love it.

Ranjani said...

awesome and delicious recipe...

Chitra said...

Its looking great.Lovely presentation :)

Malathi Ganesh said...

Nice recipe Kaveru

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