Recipe: Yummy Akkaravadisal

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Recipe: Yummy Akkaravadisal Delicious, fresh and tasty.

Akkaravadisal. Akkaravadisal also called as Akkara Adisil is a traditional Iyengar speciality. I have already posted akkaravadisal with sugar version, this recipe is Iyengar Style which uses jaggery, the recipe is also different so wanted to make a separate post, also we have Gokulashtami tomorrow so thought of posting it now. I love anything sweet so its was sure a treat for me , akkaravadisal is always my.

Akkaravadisal should be in semi solid state unlike our usual sweet pongal.

It will tend to thicken as time proceeds.

Switch off the flame, add cardamom powder, saffron soaked.

You can have Akkaravadisal using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Akkaravadisal

  1. Prepare 1 Litre of fresh milk.

  2. You need 1/ 2 cup of raw rice.

  3. It’s 1/2 cup of split moong dhal.

  4. Prepare 1/2 cup of powdered organic jaggery.

  5. You need 3 of cardamoms.

  6. It’s 1 pinch of saffron.

  7. It’s 10 of cashew nuts.

  8. Prepare 1/2 cup of ghee.

  9. Prepare 1 pinch of salt.

Akkaravadisal / akkara adisal is similar to sakkarai pongal.

I have never tried this at home, but have tasted in SRC mess when I was staying in hostel.

It was oozing with ghee and yummy.

After that I haven't tasted or tried to make at home.

Akkaravadisal step by step

  1. Use a heavy pan to prepare this dish. I used mudpot in a traditional way. Cook the rice and moong dhal in fresh milk. (Don’t add water in it).

  2. Keep all the ingredients ready as shown in the picture..

  3. Add a 1/4 cup of water in jaggery and boil it in a separate pan. Once it’s started boiling, switch off the flame and keep aside..

  4. Once the rice and moong dhal cooked well, add saffron, cardamom and jaggery syrup then cook it well in low flame..

  5. Roast the cashew in the ghee. Add the remaining ghee and roasted cashew in the dish and serve it hot. Now your yummy Akkaravadisal is ready to enjoy..

Akkaravadisal recipe - A traditional iyengar recipe of milk sweet pongal where the rice and dal is cooked entirely in milk and generous amount of ghee and sweetener.

Akkaravadisal is served as prasadam on panguni uthiram day.

Akkaravadisal is a very special dish prepared for lord Ranganatha.

This dish has been mentioned in Naalayira Divya Prabandham in a couple of instances.

Akkara adisal or akkaravadisal is an authentic iyengar recipe, which is generally made during the month of Margazhi.