Sweet Saffron Rice Recipe

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cup - white rice, washed and soaked for 15-20 min.
• 3 cups - water
• 3/4 cup - sugar
• 1/4 cup - dry coconut, chopped into thin slices
• 2 tbsp - golden raisins
• 2 tbsp - almonds
• some saffron strands
• 3-4 - green cardamom
• 3-4 - whole cloves
• 1 stick - cinnamon
• a pinch of yellow food color
• 1 tbsp - ghee or butter
• 1/4 tsp - cardamom powder

Method:

• Cook rice in a rice cooker with 3 cups of water until almost cooked. Remove the extra left water.
• In a pan, heat 1 tbsp of ghee or butter, add cinnamon stick, saffron strands, cloves, green cardamom, almonds, coconut and raisins. Give a quick stir and add sugar.
• Then add the rice and mix everything with light hands. Add a pinch of food color and mix again so that rice get nicely coated with the food color.
• Let rice cook with sugar for 5-7 minutes on low heat until almost dry. Keep stirring in between to prevent burning.
• Switch off the gas and add cardamom powder and mix.