Pindi Payasa

Ingredients:
1 cup White Rice (Preferred: Basmathi or Sona Masuri)
2 cups Jaggery
1.5 cups finely grated Coconut
6 - 7 Cardamoms / Elakki / Elachi
Pinch of Salt
2 - 3 tsp Ghee

Recipe:

Wash rice and put it in a vessel. Add 8 cups water in a vessel and bring it to boil. Add washed rice and cook it for around 15 mins in medium flame.

Add jaggery, pinch of salt and bring it to boil. Keep it in low/medium flame for about 8-10 mins.

Add the finely grated coconut and mix them well. Cook this in low flame for about 5 mins until almost all the water content gets evaporated.

Add mashed cardamom seeds, ghee and mix them well.

This can be used for Naivedyam. Serve hot or cold.