Meethe Chawal

Meethe chawal is sweet rice. I posted a recipe of kesari bhaat, which is rice cooked in milk which South Indians make the day after pongal. However, this is cooked in water with little milk added. This can be served as a dessert.

Prep Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup Basmati rice

• 1/4 cup Milk

• 1/2 cup sugar

• 1 cup water

• Pinch of yellow food colour

Spices :

• 2 tbp Broken cashew nuts

• 2 tbsp Slivered almonds

• 2 tbsp slivered pistachios

• 3 tbsp Raisins

• 3 tbsp Dried coconut slices

• 4 Cloves

• 4 Cardamom

• 1" Cinnamon

• 1 Mace

• 1 tsp Cardamom powder

• 1 tsp Kewra essence

• 5 Saffron strands

• 2 tbsp Ghee

Instructions

1. Soak the basmati rice for 15 minutes

2. Cook the rice with the yellow colour till fully done, drain excess water

3. Heat the ghee in a pan, add all the spices and saute until light brown

4. Add the milk and sugar and boil until the sugar dissolves

5. Add the cooked rice and saffron and saute for 10 minutes on low flame till the milk dries up a bit, add cardamom powder and the kewra essence and mix well

6. Serve chilled