## Chalimidi Recipe (South Indian Recipes Style) – Easy & Delicious Recipe
Discover how to make a delicious and authentic **Chalimidi Recipe** with this easy-to-follow recipe. A traditional **South Indian Recipes Dessert**, this dish is **Vegetarian** and perfect for any occasion.
**Yields:** 4 servings
**Prep time:** 20 minutes
**Cook time:** 45 minutes
**Total time:** 65 minutes
**Cuisine:** South Indian Recipes
**Course:** Dessert
**Diet:** Vegetarian
### Ingredients for Chalimidi Recipe:
* 1 cup Jaggery
* 2 cups Rice
* 1 teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi)
* 1/2 cup Ghee
* 1 tablespoon Cashew nuts
* 1 tablespoon Raisins –
* 1 tablespoon Fresh coconut – chopped
### Step-by-Step Instructions to Make Chalimidi Recipe:
1. rinse raw rice and soak in enough water for 5 hours.
2. Drain soaked rice in cotton cloth and let it dry for 1 hour.
3. Grind rice into fine powder.
4. Pass the flour through the sieve, collect fine rice flour.
5. Heat 1 tablespoon ghee in a heavy bottomed pan, roast cashews, raisins and coconut separately until golden brown.
6. Remove from flame, keep it aside.
7. Melt powdered jaggery with little water.
8. Boil the jaggery syrup until thickens up and when tested by pouring in a small bowl of water it forms a ball.
9. Add all the ghee into the panakam (jaggery syrup) and whisk well.
10. Remove the syrup from heat, add rice flour little at a time and mix vigorously.
11. Do not add too much rice flour and make it thick.
12. This dish will thicken up as it cools.
13. So keep the consistency loose.
14. Add all the roasted cashews, raisins, and coconut into the dish and mix well.
15. Transfer into a serving bowl and serve.
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.
### Tips for the Best Chalimidi Recipe:
* Always use the freshest ingredients available for the best flavor.
* Adjust the level of spices like chili powder to suit your personal taste.
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