Meetha Chawal

This is an easy sweet dish with loads of nuts and dry fruits. When you are in a mood to eat something sweet and at the same time lazy to prepare a full fledged sweet dish, this is the one you can indulge in. Kids would love it too.

Ingredients

 

1 cup Basmati Rice (soaked for 30 minutes)

¾ cup Sugar

¼ cup Mixed nuts and raisins (Almonds, Cashew nuts, Pistachios)

2 tbsp Ghee

2 Cloves

1 inch Cinnamon stick

3 Cardamoms

1 tsp Fennel seeds

2 cups water

3 tbsp Milk

1 pinch Saffron/Kesar (optional, instead you can add food colour)

3 tbsp Dry coconut powder

 

 

Method

• Add saffron in the milk and keep this aside. If adding food colour, add food colour in the milk.
• Heat ghee in a heavy bottomed deep pan. Add cloves, cinnamon, cardamoms and fennel seeds.
• Saute till it starts to change its colour ie. for ½ a minute.
• Now add the soaked and drained basmati rice. Saute for 1 minute.
• Later, add water and saffron milk in it. Mix well and when the water starts to bubble, cover with a lid. Let it cook for 10 minutes.
• Later, when the rice is half cooked, add sugar, chopped nuts and raisins. Mix well and add dry coconut powder also.
• Cover again and let it cook for another 5 minutes.
• Once done, serve it hot by garnishing with some chopped nuts, raisins and dry coconut powder.

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