Ingredients – Basmati rice – 1 Cup , Sugar – 1.5 Cup , Milk – Half cup , Ghee – 3 Tablespoon , Cloves – 6-7 , Saffron – 6-7 Pinches of saffron threads , Green cardamom powder – Half tea spoon , Food color [ orange or yellow ] – 1 -2 Pinch , Chopped almonds – 1 Table spoon , Cashew – 1 Table spoon [ whole or chopped ] .
Recipe – Clean and wash basmati rice . Soak it for half hour . Soak saffron threads in half cup of milk . Heat ghee in a pressure cooker . Fry chopped almonds and cashew in to this . After frying put this in to a plate . Now add cloves in ghee and fry for few seconds . Put soaked rice in to this and fry this for 3-4 minutes . Add 2.5 cups of water in to this . Allow it to boil . When it comes to start boiling cover the lid , slow the gas flame . Take 2 whistle and switch off the gas . let it be cool . Once it becomes cool and rice is cooked perfectly , add saffron milk , cardamom powder, color and sugar . Continue to stir on low flame . Let the water absorb . After this switch off the flame . Put fried almonds and cashew in to this . keshari bath is ready . Serve warm .
Note –
1 . Rice should be cooked perfectly .
2 . If you want to add whole green cardamom instead of it’s powder , then put it in the cooker after cloves .
This saffron rice is a must try dish . This is an all season recipe but generally made in maharashtrian and south indian homes on BASANT PANCHAMI ‘s occasion as offering [ naivedyam ] . Kids are also like this sweet rice so much . Please try this and share your views and suggestions …..
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