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Sweet Rice best served with spicy dish

Sweet Rice Recipe

Sweet Rice is a very easy dish that goes well with some spicy food. This is because it balances the taste and a great sweet spicy experience. Most often it is served with Biryani and Peas Pulao (Matar Pulao).
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Course: Bread, Paratha & Rice, Main Course
Cuisine: Indian
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 2
Calories: 489kcal
Author: Meenu

Ingredients

Main Ingredients for Sweet Rice

  • cup Basmati Rice Basmati Chawal
  • 4 tbsp Sugar As per taste
  • 10 g Almond Badam
  • 15 g Cashew nuts Kaju
  • 10 Cloves Laung
  • 7 Cardamom Ilaichi
  • 4 Saffron Threads
  • Pinch Saffron food colour
  • 1 tbsp Clarified Butter Ghee
  • 2 tbsp Milk for mixing the food colour

Optional Ingredients for Sweet Rice

  • ¼ tsp Nutmeg

Instructions

Preparation Steps to make Sweet Rice

  • Take Basmati rice in a large bowl and wash it thoroughly with water. Try washing rice only twice so that you don't loose on nutrients.
    ⅔ cup Basmati Rice
  • Chop Almond and Cashew nuts in large pieces, possibly just in 2 pieces. Also, break the cardamom pods partially as it will be used later while frying.
    10 g Almond, 15 g Cashew nuts, 7 Cardamom
  • Take a pinch of food colour in a bowl and add 2 tbsp milk to it. Mix it well. We will use it later once we fry rice.
    Pinch Saffron food colour, 2 tbsp Milk

How to make Sweet Rice

  • Now take washed rice in a deep cooking pot and add 2 cup of water to it. Keep it in microwave to cook for 15 Mins
    ⅔ cup Basmati Rice
  • Once Rice is boiled add sugar in it and mix it well and keep it aside
    4 tbsp Sugar
  • Now take a frying pan and put it on high flame.
  • Once frying pan is hot, take Clarified butter in it.
    1 tbsp Clarified Butter
  • Once Clarified butter melts add Cloves, Saffron threads, Nutmeg powder, Cardamom Pods, Chopped Almonds and Cashews to it and run it using spatula for a min or two. You can also lower down the flame in case Clarified butter is too hot else it will burn the ingredients.
    10 g Almond, 10 Cloves, 7 Cardamom, 4 Saffron Threads, ¼ tsp Nutmeg, 15 g Cashew nuts
  • Now is the time to mix sugar-mixed boiled rice to the frying pan. Now add food colour to rice. Run it for 5 - 7 mins so the water evaporates while the Clarified butter and other ingredients mix properly.
  • Turn off the flame as sweet rice is ready to be served.

Notes

  • Do not fry dry fruits and other ingredients on high flame as they may easily burn and spoil the taste.
  • Once you add sugar mixed rice to fry, do not run it continuously with spatula else the rice will just get mash and split. In such case you won't get fluffy Sweet Rice.
  • Food colour is only for texture. If you do not have food colour but have some turmeric at home, you can use that for food colour.
  • You can use Cardamom powder instead of whole Cardamom pods.
  • Nutmeg is optional. You can also be creative and add more dry fruits or ingredients of your choice to give this recipe your personal touch. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1Serving | Calories: 489kcal (24%) | Carbohydrates: 83g (28%) | Protein: 8g (16%) | Fat: 15g (23%) | Saturated Fat: 6g (38%) | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 21mg (7%) | Sodium: 15mg (1%) | Potassium: 267mg (8%) | Fiber: 4g (17%) | Sugar: 26g (29%) | Vitamin A: 27IU (1%) | Vitamin C: 2mg (2%) | Calcium: 84mg (8%) | Iron: 2mg (11%)
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