Meetha chawal(Himachal Pradesh sweet rice)

Name: Meetha chawal(Himachal Pradesh sweet rice)
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 2 person
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 cup rice (any rice of your choice, basmati rice will give good flavour); 2 tablespoons boiled milk; 1 pinch Kesar(Saffaron); 1/2 cup sugar(adjust to your taste); Few Dry fruits Cashews, Almonds, Raisins; 2 teaspoons Ghee; as required Water to boil the rice; 1 teaspoon Cardamom powder; 1 small piece Cinnamon; 2 Cloves; 1/2 teaspoon Fennel powder

Nandhini Jayakumar @cook_17820737

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

#rakhi
This sweet dessert dish has the perfect blend of sweetened rice,dry fruits, kesar and raisins. The traditional sweet dish of Himachal Pradesh, it is prepared for festivals and special occasions. #traditional #india #sweet #ilovecooking

Nandhini Jayakumar @cook_17820737

Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu

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Ingredients

Soaking time 20 min and cooking time 20 min

2 person

1 cup rice (any rice of your choice, basmati rice will give good flavour)
2 tablespoons boiled milk
1 pinchKesar(Saffaron)
1/2 cup sugar(adjust to your taste)
Few Dry fruits Cashews, Almonds, Raisins
2 teaspoonsGhee
as requiredWater to boil the rice
1 teaspoonCardamom powder
1small piece Cinnamon
2 Cloves
1/2 teaspoon Fennel powder

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Steps

Soaking time 20 min and cooking time 20 min

1

Soak the rice in water for 20 minutes and drain the water. Now take a pan add water,add the dry spices cinnamon,clove and rice cook till 80 % done.
2

Heat a pan add ghee then dry fruits cashew, almonds, raisins and saute for minute,Keep aside.
3

Take a bowl add milk with a pinch of Kesar, let it sit for few minutes to change the yellow colour.
4

Take the same pan add the sugar, Cardamom and fennel powder. Then add the boiled rice and let it cook for 5 minutes.
5

Add the Kesar milk in the pan and give a mix and let the yellow colour absorbs in the rice. Now add the ghee roasted dry fruits in rice, let cook for few for minutes to get all flavours.
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Tips:We can add cooked rice directly, just add the dry spices in the ghee while adding sugar. Same rice can be layered in mud pot like biryani with rice and dry fruits topped with Saffron milk. Instead Fennel powders we can add fennel seeds that gives the great flavour to the rice. Try this recipe and share your reviews.