Wash rice and dal together and soak them for 30 mins. Soak saffron in 1 tblspn of milk.
Now take a heavy bottom pan, add in a tsp of ghee. Add the soaked drained rice and dal and fry for few mins.
Now add in milk and water. Bring it to boil, simmer the stove and cook on a low heat for 30 to 35 mins till the rice and dal is completely cooked and mashed up. Keep stiring often.
Now add in sugar and some more milk if needed. Keep stiring, or it will burn.
Once everything is mixed and the mixture has got thick, add in cardamom powder and saffron milk. Mix well.
Now fry cashews and kishmish in ghee and pour that over the rice.
Mix well.
Let it cool so it will get even thicker and then Serve.