SWEET MILK IDLI

Ingredients:

Kaaramani- 1 cup
Whole green gram- 1 cup
Mashed jaggery- 2 cup
Shredded coconut- 1 cup
Ghee- quarter cup
Cardamom powder- 1 tsp
Enough idli batter
Full cream milk- 2 liter
Jaggery- 1 cup
Saffron- a pinch

PROCEDURE:

Soak the green gram and the karamani over night and cook in the morning. Heat a pan and add the mashed jaggery with a little water. Make syrup with one thread consistency [kambi paahu]. Add the cooked green gram, karamani, coconut and half sp of cardamom powder. Cook until it is thickened. Add the ghee and cook for a few minutes. Let it cool down. Heat the idli maker with enough water. Spread a little ghee on the idli plates. Pour 2 tbsp of idli batter in each idli mould. Place 2 tbsp of pooranam on all of them. Again pour the idli batter on all of them to cover the upper side. Steam them for 10 minutes. Take away the idlies and keep them in a shallow plate. Boil the milk until it is thickened to half of its original quantity. Add the jaggery with the remaining cardamom powder and the saffron. Again boil for a few minutes. Pour this on the idlies.