Sweet Rice For Valentine's Day For Your Sweetheart

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups long-grain kohinoor basmati rice
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup blanched almond, raisins and pistachios
• 5 -6 green cardamoms
• 1 teaspoon yellow food coloring, powder
• 1 cup ghee
• 3 -4 drops kewra essence (available at east indian grocery stores, this is alongside rose water)
• 6 blanched and sliced almonds
• 6 pistachios, sliced

Recipe

• 1 wash rice extremely well in 4-5 cups of water.
• 2 drain well, then refill the container with fresh water an food colour.
• 3 soak rice in this for 15-20 minutes.
• 4 after 15-20 minutes, boil rice in this same water.
• 5 remove from heat when half done and keep aside.
• 6 heat ghee in another vessel.
• 7 once its hot, add green cardamoms to it.
• 8 then, toss in the almonds, pistachios and raisins.
• 9 heat on medium flame.
• 10 add rice and sugar.
• 11 stir well, but slowly, to prevent the rice from breaking.
• 12 increase flame and allow the rice to cook till the water dries up.
• 13 keep stirring so that the rice does not burn.
• 14 if the water has dried and the rice is uncooked, add some more water and cover it.
• 15 when the water dries, add kewra water and cover tightly.
• 16 cook on dum for 10-12 minutes.
• 17 when the rice starts to smell aromatic, remove from flame.
• 18 garnish with blanched almonds and pistachios and serve immediately.
• 19 enjoy!