Kanika

Name: Kanika
Total time: 600 s
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1 Cup Rice; 3 tbsp Desi Ghee or oil; 1/2 tbsp turmeric; 2 Cup water; 3-4 cloves; 1 cinnamon; 4 Green cardamom; 1 Black cardamom; 10-12 Almonds or Cashews; 10-12 Raisins; 1/2 Cup Sugar; 1/4 tsp Salt (according to taste)

Upma Budhiraja Sweety @cook_17454312

New Delhi

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Today I 'm posting Odia speciality Kanika, yellow, spiced,sweet, rice which is also offered as Puri 's Mahaprasad ,part of Chappan Bhog served for Lord Jagannath.

Upma Budhiraja Sweety @cook_17454312

New Delhi

#goldenapron2
#Post2
#week2
#Orrisa
Today I 'm posting Odia speciality Kanika, yellow, spiced,sweet, rice which is also offered as Puri 's Mahaprasad ,part of Chappan Bhog served for Lord Jagannath.

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Ingredients

10 minutes

4 servings

1 CupRice
3 tbspDesi Ghee or oil
1/2 tbspturmeric
2 Cupwater
3-4cloves
1cinnamon
4Green cardamom
1Black cardamom
10-12Almonds or Cashews
10-12Raisins
1/2 CupSugar
1/4 tspSalt (according to taste)

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Steps

10 minutes

1

Wash and soak the rice in water for 20 minutes.
2

Heat the pan with ghee and fry almonds / cashews and raisins and drain and keep aside.
3

Add the bay leaves, cloves, cinnamon, peppercorns and cardamom and saute for few minutes till fragrant come. Add rice to the pan and saute with spices on low flame gently making sure the rice grains do not break.
4

Add the water to the rice cover and cook for 10 minutes, till it's three fourth cooked. Finally add sugar and dry fruits, stir gently and cover it for 2 -3 minutes on low flame.
5

Turn off the gas and serve the Kanika Rice garnished with the almonds/ cashews and raisins. Hope you all like it.