While looking for
new rice recipe, I discovered this menu on my friend’s blog.
Its easy making recipe
and really tasty, flavorful and colorfulness. Let’s check out …
Ingredients:
- 3 cups rice
- 4 1/2 cups water
- 2 screwpine leaves(pandan leaves)
- 1 white onion
- 2 inch cinnamon stick
- 1 star anise
- 2 cloves
- 2 cardamom pods
- 3 tbsp ghee
- salt to taste
- few dots of food coluring (preferably yellow or red)
- handful ghee fried cashew nuts
Methods:
1.Wash rice & toss aside
2. Over a medium fire, place a heavy
bottom pan & melt 2 tbsp ghee. Add cinnamon stick,star anise,cardamom pods
& cloves
3. Add the onion & screwpine
leaves (Pandan leave). Fry till wilted & add in the rice.
4. Fry the rice for 2 mins &
transfer to the rice cooker pan.
5. Add water & salt. Stir till
all the ingredients to mix together & cook in a rice cooker
6. Meanwhile, place a frying pan.
Melt 1 tbsp ghee & fry the cashews.
7. Once rice cooked, add in the food coloring & stir with a fork to spread the color evenly.
(Prefer to stir after the rice cool a bit)
(Prefer to stir after the rice cool a bit)
After the rice cooked and Dry.
Let it for a moment than holes the rice, put colouring on rice, Stir after a while.
8.Before serving, sprinkle with
cashews.
Important notes: Water ratio for rice is 1:1.5. 1 cup rice requires 1 1/2 cup water. For basmathi or long grain rice, read the water ratio on the packaging
