Sweet Sankranti Rice

Name: Sweet Sankranti Rice
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup rice; 2 cups water; 4 tbsp white sesame seeds; 6 tbsp powdered jaggery; 2 tbsp ghee; 3 cloves; 1 bay leaf; 1/2 cup roasted peanuts; 10-12 almonds; 6-8 raisins

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Himanshi Saxena @cook_7771819

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Ingredients

20 mins

4 servings

1 cuprice
2 cupswater
4 tbspwhite sesame seeds
6 tbsppowdered jaggery
2 tbspghee
3cloves
1bay leaf
1/2 cuproasted peanuts
10-12almonds
6-8raisins

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Steps

20 mins

1

Wash and soak the rice for 15 minutes.
2

Heat ghee in a pan. Roast almonds, peanuts and raisins. Keep aside.
3

In the same pan, add cloves and bay leaf. Roast till fragrant.
4

Drain the soaked rice and add it to the pan. Roast it a little in the ghee.
5

Add water and cover the rice. Allow it to cook. At the same time, dry roast sesame seeds till they begin to crackle a little. Crush the sesame seeds to a coarse powder.
6

When the rice are almost cooked, add the jaggery and sesame powder. Mix it gently in the rice.
7

Cover and cook the rice till done. Now fluff the rice and add roasted peanuts, almonds and raisins. Mix gently.
8

Garnish the rice with some some sesame seeds and dried rose petals (optional). Serve hot.