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Chalimidi Recipe
South Indian RecipesDessertVegetarian

Chalimidi Recipe

A vegetarian South Indian Recipes recipe with jaggery, rice, cardamom powder (elaichi). Ready in 1h 5m, serves 4.

Curated byAditi Iyer🇮🇳

Calories
—kcal
Estimated Cost
₹175-325
Servings Scaler
4

Instructions

16 steps
  1. 1

    To begin making the Chalimidi recipe, rinse raw rice and soak in enough water for 5 hours

    rice(2 cups)
  2. 2

    Drain soaked rice in cotton cloth and let it dry for 1 hour

    rice(2 cups)
  3. 3

    Grind rice into fine powder

    rice(2 cups)cardamom powder (elaichi)(1 teaspoon)
  4. 4

    Pass the flour through the sieve, collect fine rice flour

    rice(2 cups)
  5. 5

    Heat 1 tablespoon ghee in a heavy bottomed pan, roast cashews, raisins and coconut separately until golden brown

    ghee(1/2 cup)cashew nuts(1 tablespoon)raisins -(1 tablespoon)fresh coconut - chopped(1 tablespoon)
  6. 6

    Remove from flame, keep it aside

  7. 7

    Melt powdered jaggery with little water

    jaggery(1 cup)cardamom powder (elaichi)(1 teaspoon)
  8. 8

    Boil the jaggery syrup until thickens up and when tested by pouring in a small bowl of water it forms a ball

    jaggery(1 cup)
  9. 9

    Add all the ghee into the panakam (jaggery syrup) and whisk well

    jaggery(1 cup)ghee(1/2 cup)
  10. 10

    Remove the syrup from heat, add rice flour little at a time and mix vigorously

    rice(2 cups)
  11. 11

    Do not add too much rice flour and make it thick

    rice(2 cups)
  12. 12

    This dish will thicken up as it cools

  13. 13

    So keep the consistency loose

  14. 14

    Add all the roasted cashews, raisins, and coconut into the dish and mix well

    cashew nuts(1 tablespoon)raisins -(1 tablespoon)fresh coconut - chopped(1 tablespoon)
  15. 15

    Transfer into a serving bowl and serve

  16. 16

    Serve Chalimidi as a dessert after your South Indian meal of Tomato Onion Sambar, Cabbage Thoran, Jeera Rasam, Potato Roast with Steamed Rice and Elai Vadam

    rice(2 cups)

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