Dessert Lovers Sweet Rice
- Ready In:
- 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 cup long-grain basmati rice, soaked for 2 hours in
- 4 drops pineapple essence
- 4 cups water, to cook the rice
- salt
- 2 -3 cinnamon sticks
- 1 cup sugar
- 4 tablespoons ghee, melted
- 1⁄2 cup warm water
- 1 teaspoon yellow food coloring
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cardamom powder
- 4 -5 saffron strands
- 1 tablespoon raisins
- 1 tablespoon pistachios, sliced
- 1 tablespoon almonds, blanched and thinly sliced
- 4 -5 slices pineapple, for garnishing (optional)
directions
- Pour 4 cups of water and 1/2 tsp. of salt in a skillet.
- Add cinnamon sticks.
- Bring to a boil.
- Lower flame, add rice and stir well.
- Parboil rice until half cooked.
- Strain well.
- Keep aside.
- In a pot, heat ghee on medium flame.
- Add raisins, pistachios and almonds.
- Stir-fry for 2 minutes.
- Add sugar, food colour, pineapple essence and warm water.
- Stir until sugar dissolves.
- Add saffron and 1/2 to 1 tsp. of cardamom powder.
- Mix in the strained rice.
- Cover the pot with a lid.
- Cook on simmer for 10-15 minutes(your kitchen will smell wonderful while this is cooking!) or until the rice is dry and fluffy, stirring every 5 minutes so that the rice does not stick to the bottom of the pan.
- Transfer to a serving tray.
- Garnish with pineapple slices, if desired and serve.
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