Sweet Yellow Rice | Basanti Rice | Meethe Chawal | मीठे पीले चावल | बसंती चावल
Meethe Chawal Ingredients : Basmati rice - 1/2 cup Desi ghee - 2 tbsp Cinnamon - 1/2 inch piece Cloves - 2 Green cardamoms - 2 Sugar - 1/3 cup Saffron strands - 10-15 Green cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp Almonds (sliced)- 5 Cashew nuts (chopped) - 5 Raisins -5 Pistachios (chopped) - 4 Method : 1. Wash and soak rice in water for 20 minutes 2. Soak saffron in 1 tbsp warm water 3. Boil rice with 2 cups water in a pan over medium flame until almost cooked (90%) 4. Transfer it to a colander and drain water completely 5. Add ghee in a heavy based pan and heat it over low heat 6. Add cinnamon, cloves, green cardamom and saute for 30-40 seconds 7. Add sugar and 1/4 cup water. 8. Stir and cook for a minute 9. Add dissolved saffron mixture and cardamom powder 10. Stir and cook until sugar dissolves 11. After sugar dissolves, bring mixture to a boil on medium flame 12. When it starts boiling, add cooked rice 13. Mix gently until each grain is coated with sugar-saffron mixture and there are no lum...