Meethe Chawal

Name: Meethe Chawal
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 4 cups Basmati rice; 4 cups Sugar; 10-12 strands Saffron; 1 tsp Elaichi powder; 12-15 Raisin; 10-15 Broken cashews; 8-10 Chopped almonds(raw); 1/2 tsp Kesariya food colour; As required Water; For Tempering:; 2 tbsp Ghee; 1 Bay leaf; 2 Elaichi; 2 Cloves; 1 cinnamon stick; 1 small Javitri

Elaichi Kitchen @cook_18677477

Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

Every year this day, my mom cooks "Meethe Chawal", as a Bhog served to Maa Saraswati. The colour and flavour describes the different types of cuisines in india.
Enjoy with Rajasthani Kadhi or Aloo Dum.
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Elaichi Kitchen @cook_18677477

Jamshedpur, Jharkhand

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Ingredients

40minutes

4 servings

4 cupsBasmati rice
4 cupsSugar
10-12 strandsSaffron
1 tspElaichi powder
12-15Raisin
10-15Broken cashews
8-10Chopped almonds(raw)
1/2 tspKesariya food colour
As requiredWater
ForTempering:
2 tbspGhee
1Bay leaf
2Elaichi
2Cloves
1cinnamon stick
1 smallJavitri

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Steps

40minutes

1

Boil rice with 10 cups of water and turn off the flame when it is 90% cooked. Strain off the excess water and keep aside.
2

Mix required quantity of food colour to 2 tsp of water and leave aside.
3

Take a heavy base pan and add ghee. Add other ingredients under tempering along with all dryfruits when ghee is heated up.
4

Add sugar with 1/2 cup of water and stir continuously.
5

Add saffron strands, elaichi powder and food colour mixture to the pan.
6

Stir and cook till the sugar dissolves.
After sugar dissolves, add boiled rice and mix gently so there are no lumps.
7

Reduce the flame and cook till the water evaporates.
8

Transfer it to a serving bowl and serve hot.