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 Ingredients, 7 cups of 2% reduced fat milk, 1/2 cup rice, 6-7 cardamom pods, handful of raisins and cashews, 1 tbsp ghee, 3/4 cup sugar (or jaggery) Method: - Wash 1/2 cup rice and soak in water for 20 minutes - Crush cardamom into powder and keep it aside - Heat a small pan and fry cashews with ghee. After a minute add raisins and fry till raisins get plump. keep the cashews and raisins aside in a plate - Heat sugar (or jaggery) with a cup of water and let it boil. keep the pan aside - On a thick tall pan, bring 6 cups of milk to boil - Drain the water from the rice and add rice to boiling milk - Keep stirring the milk till the rice gets cooked. When rice is cooked it mashes easily - Add sugar syrup to the cooked rice. Add crushed cardamom, raisins, and cashews - Mix thoroughly. If the consistency is too thick, add hot milk with sugar. and stir. 

 Ingredients: ciabatta sandwich buns (sliced), olive oil, tomatoes (firm), balsamic vinaigrette dressing, traditional basil pesto sauce, fresh mozzarella cheese slices ( or shredded ) Method: - Place a large thick pan on the stove and turn it on to medium heat - Put a tsp of olive oil to the pan, and place the two slices of ciabatta sandwich bun (soft side facing pan) - After two minutes, flip the buns and spread basil pesto sauce evenly to cover the surface of the bun - Place slices of mozzarella cheese over the bun. Cut the cheese as you place them so that it covers all of the surface - Close the lid so that the heat distributes and melts the cheese.  - After 2-3 minutes when the cheese is melted, take the bun out of the stove and place the slices on serving plate - Make 4 slices of tomato - Place two slices of tomato on each side of the bun - Pour balsamic viaigrette dressing over it - Put the bun slice over the other and press to make a sandwich.  This is a good recip...