MILK PONGALI/KSHEERANNAM

Ksheerannam or milk pongali is a milk delicacy made with rice. Unlike the chakrapongali it  uses very little ghee, less in calories and tastes awesome. This is mainly prepared as a Naivedyam to God. It is very easy to prepare and is made with sugar, not jaggery.
INGREDIENTS

• Rice                1 cup
• Channa dal      2 Tsp
• Sugar              1+1/2 cups
• Milk                2 cups
• water             1+1/2 cups
• Ghee              1 tsp
• dry fruits        any(chopped)
• cardamompowder       1tsp

PROCEDURE
There are two ways of preparing this dish. One is cooking the rice only with milk. But some times this process can be tedious as the rice will not cook with milk.So I found a simple way of making this.
First cook the rice and dal  with 1 cup of milk and 1+1/2 cups of water in a pressure cooker. Now take all the cooked rice in a wide pan and add the remaining milk. When everything comes to a boil add the sugar and mix. Keep on stirring in between and cook for about15minutes. Now the consistency will be slightly thickened. The dish tastes well with a pouring consistency. Anyhow when cooled the pongali becomes thicker. Roast the dry fruits in ghee and add them to the pongali along with cardamom powder. Serve hot or refrigerate to serve cold.