Ingredients

• 1 cup - rice
• 1 cup - kalkandu (lump white sugar/ misri)
• 1/2 cup - moong dal (optional)
• 1 cup - ghee
• 2 cups - milk
• For garnishing:
• Six - sliced almonds
• 25 x 2 - split cashew
• 25 - kismish (dry gapes)
• A few strings - kesar

How to Make Kalkandu Bath

• Clean and wash the rice.
• Boil milk and reduce it to half.
• Add rice (and the dal) and pressure cook till the rice becomes very soft.
• Add 1/2 cup ghee to the rice.
• Then add in the kalkanndu slowly.
• The flame must be on simmer.
• Add kesar strings after dissolving them in a little lukewarm milk.
• Add in the rest of the ghee slowly, while stirring the rice.
• Keep string constantly and once the lump sugar is melted, add the roasted almond, cashew and grapes.
• Serve it hot.
• If required, you can add little more ghee so that the rice does not burn or get stuck at he bottom of the vessel.