Akkara Adisil is a famous Iyengar recipe. Akkara Adisil is usually prepared on the "Koodaravalli day" which comes on 27th day of the Margazhi month and offered to the lord. Akkara Adisil usually offered as a prasadham in the temples which has an unique taste.
Ingredients
| Raw Rice | 3/4 cup |
| Milk | 4 cups |
| Jaggery | 1 ¼ Cup |
| Moong Dal | ¼ Cup |
| Ghee | 2 tablespoon |
| Cashew Nuts | 10 |
| Dried Grapes | 10 |
| Cardamom powder | 1 teaspoon |
Method:
- In a heavy bottomed pan, Rinse the rice and dry fry the rice moong dal till it turns golden red color
- Add fried moong dal and rice and 4 cups of milk in a vessel and pressure cook it. Leave atleast 7-8 whistles so that the rice is mashed well.
- Add the grated jaggery and little water in another pan and keep it in flame for a while till the jaggery dissolves and the raw smell of jaggery goes off.
- Add this jaggery juice to the cooked and mashed rice and mix it well and keep the flame low
- In a separate pan, add ghee and add broken cashew nuts, dried grapes and fry it till it turns golden brown color. Add these fried nuts to the Akkara Adisil
- Finally add cardamom powder and mix it well
- The yummy akkara adisil is ready for neivedhyam for Kudaravalli and Pongal and also for serving
The conventional Akkara Adisil should be prepared in the large vessel with the slow heat, but to save time I gave the recipe in the pressure cooker.