A sweet rice specially made during the festive season especially for rakhi poornima /narali poornima in Maharastra.
INGREDIENTS:
2 cups basmati rice
2 cups sugar
1 small piece of fresh coconut
4 cardamoms crushed
4 cloves
15-20 almonds
2 tbsp raisins
4 tbsp ghee
few drops of kesar colour
a pinch of saffron
METHOD:
- Wash and soak rice for 15 -20 minutes.
- Cut almond in thin pieces.
- Cut coconut into small pieces.
- Add sugar & cardamoms to 1 1/2 cup of water bring it boil.Once boiled continue boiling for 5 minutes on sweet flame. Keep the sugar syrup aside.
- Heat ghee . Add cloves, cinnamon, coconut , almond and rice. Fry for half a minute.
- Add 2 1/2 cup of water.Bring it to a boil.
- Add yellow color and saffron. Cook on low heat till water dries up and the rice is almost done .
- Strain sugar syrup in the rice.
- Mix gently. Continue to cook on a low heat till the rice is fully done and the syrup is dry.
- Serve hot .Garnished with almond ,kaju,raisins and silver leaf.
If you like more of coconut flavor increase the amount of fresh coconut and it in a grated form.
Reduce the amount of sugar if you prefer it less sweet.
2.COCONUT RICE WITH JAGGERY:
Much more simplified and faster.
INGREDIENTS:
1cup rice(basmati /kolam/chinor)
1 1/2 cup coconut
1 cup fresh coconut grated
3-4 cloves
3 cups water
4 tbsp ghee
METHOD:
- Wash rice and keep it aside.
- Heat ghee in a pressure cooker. Add cloves.
- Add the washed rice and saute it for 2 minutes.
- Add grated coconut ,jaggery and water .
- Pressure cook the rice until two whistles on slow flame.
