Flour+Water

Recipe #9

Meetha Chawal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sella basmati rice
  • 1 1/4 cup water
  • 1-2 tbsp ghee
  • 1-2 cloves
  • 2 green cardamon
  • 1/2 in cinnamon stick
  • 1-2 black peppercorns
  • 4-5 slices of coconut (dried or fresh)
  • 4-5 halved almonds
  • 4-5 halved cashews
  • 1/2 tbsp raisins
  • pinch salt
  • 1 cup sugar
  • saffron
  • red/orange food colour (optional)

Instructions

  1. Wash rice and soak for 30min.
  2. In pressure cooker, add ghee.
  3. Toast whole spices, nuts, and raisins in ghee for 2-3 min.
  4. Add in drained rice, and gently stir to mix.
  5. Add in 1 1/4 cup water, salt, sugar, saffron, and food coloring.
  6. Close cooker and cook on high flame for 1 whistle.
  7. Then set on lowest heat for 10-12 min.
  8. After cooker has de-pressurized, open cooker, and leave partially uncovered for 15min to finish steaming rice.
  9. Gently stir to fluff rice, and serve.