Rice - 1 cup

Milk - 1 cup

Sweet Candy (Diamond Kalkandu) - 1 1/2 cup

Cashew Nuts - 12 nos

Cardamom Powder - 1/2 tsp

Ghee - 1/2 cup

Powder the candy. Make syrup out of it. Cook rice using 1 cup of milk and 3 cups of water. Remove from flame and mash it well. Add the cooked rice to the syrup and boil it for a few mins.

In a frying laddle add ghee and fry the cashew nuts and fry it to a golden brown colour. Pour it to the rice and add cardamom powder and mix well.

This is prepared normally for Pournami Pooja(Puja done on full moon day) as a prasadam or Neivedhyam. Can be made on Chitra Pournami day in the place of Sarkarai Pongal.