Pachor - Rice cooked in jaggery syrup

Ingredients

1. Raw rice – 1 cup
2. Grated coconut – 1 cup
3. Grated jaggery – 1 cup
4. Water – 3 cups
5. Cardamom (roasted and powdered) – 5 pods
6. Ghee /butter – 2 tbsp

Method

1. Soak raw rice for 1 hr, drain and keep aside.
2. Melt jaggery in water.
3. In a pot heat the jaggery syrup.
4. When it begins to boil add rice, grated coconut and ghee.
5. Cover the pot with a lid.
6. Stir occasionally and cook in low heat for half an hour.
7. Remove from fire when rice is done.
8. Add powdered cardamom and mix well.
9. Transfer into a greased tray and cut into desired shapes.