Mar 11, 2009

MEETHA CHAWAL(SWEET RICE)

I think this is my MAGNIFICENT CLICK for Gayathri of Just urs

Basmati rice ---- 1 cup
Water ---- 4 cups
Almonds ---- 1/2 cup cut in to thin slices
Raisins --- 1/2 cup
cashew ---- 1/4 cup broken
Cardamoms --- 6 no.
sugar ---- 3/4 cup
ghee --- 4-5 tab sp
Milk --- 1/2 cup
Yellow food color ---- 1/4 tea sp
saffron --- a pinch
1. Soak almonds in hot water for 10- 20 min. remove the skin and cut in to thin slices.
2. Wash and soak rice for 15- 20 min add 2 cardamom s , food color and cook in ahigh flame.
3. When rice is half cooked turn the heat off and drain the water and keep the rice a side.
4. Now heat ghee in a sauce pan add remaining cardamoms,cashew let them fry till light brown color then add raisins and then add sugar mix once and add 1/2 cup milk and cook till sugar dissolves.
5. then now add almond slices and half cooked rice and saffron mix once and cover with a tight lid or a foil and cook in a very low flame for 10 min.
(If you have a dought that your rice will burn under then place a tawa(skillet )on flame and then keep the sauce pan on it and then cook in alow flame for 10 min.)
6. serve hot or at room temperature.
I enjoyed this rice with some fresh apple and orange pieces.
This is my entry for FESTIVE FOOD EVENT - HOLI at PURVAS DAAWAT hosted by my dear friend Purva.

23 comments:

Recipeswap said...

Rekha whatever this is looks delicious.

Unknown said...

ha ha ha super fast neema iam still writing the recipe now you can check the recipe dear thank you for the super fast comment

CurryLeaf said...

wow,sweet sweet rice.Looks lovely and with fruits its perfect

Recipeswap said...

now sweet rice makes more sense...blanched almonds etc wow this is a delicacy.

Trupti said...

sweet rice looks very delicious.

Manju said...

wow...looks really delicious..is this served as a dessert?

Pooja said...

Looking delicious rekha....

Priya Suresh said...

Sweet rice looks prefect...lovely treat for holi:)

Cham said...

Delicous Chawal, Happy Holi

Poornima Nair said...

Looks delicious...

Varsha Vipins said...

yummy..looks like ari payasam..:)

Sanghi said...

Perfect entry for the Holi event..! Lovely dish, send me a plate please....

Saritha said...

Yummy rekha,looks delicious

Unknown said...

Thanks a lot neema,sweatha and trupti
Superchef yes you can serve this as a dessert
Thanks pooja, priya, cham,poornima
varsha this don't look like payasam this will be look like pulao.
Sanghi yes dear your plate is on the way thank you
thank you so much varunavi

Indian Khana said...

Wonderful sweet ...looks tempting.....Thanks for the entry dear

Suparna said...

yummm...lokks very rich and delicious!

notyet100 said...

wish u could pass me one...looks so yummy..

Anonymous said...

We make the same delicacy and call it Taihri in Sindhi...goes well with Lotus stem curry...a traditional festive dish for us too
Urs looks gr8...somehow my taihri never comes out perfect,its either overcooked or under-SWEET :-(

Unknown said...

thanks priti and suparna
oohh sure priyanka shal we exchange the plates he he he

Shama Nagarajan said...

wow..what a delicious recipe...lovely

Chutneytales said...

It looks very tasty and rich!

Purva Desai said...

Meetha chawal looks appetizing, Thank you for this sweet entry for the event.

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