Each year is the same story,I call my mum and ask her how to
make the Peele Chawal…the fragrant sweet yello saffron rice…and every year I
forget. This was a brainwave…I had to
immortalize this recipe…every mum has a different recipe for these…
I may not have been very academically inclined when I was
younger,and time has not played its tunes right with mne. I still am not
academically inclined….daddy dear will vouch for that. He has been after my
blood to take some exams…every year I
postpone them.Kya Karen yeh brain hai ki manta hi nahin!
Here’s hoping ,this year I manage to fulfill my dad’s
aspirations….
This is for Goddess Saraswati ,the goddess of learning . we
dress in yellow and pray and offer the yellow rice and yellow flowers to her. We enjoy the rice for breakfast and
hope that the coming year is good academically. This time my rice came out
flawless and fragrant and fluffy. Hope it augurs well!
By the way..thats baby Krishna or Laddoo Gopal looking on at the rice offerings! The books and the pencil case...bless our knowledge and our writing...so the pen drive is also there with the pens.
I may not have been very academically inclined when I was
younger,and time has not played its tunes right with mne. I still am not
academically inclined….daddy dear will vouch for that. He has been after my
blood to take some exams…every year I
postpone them.Kya Karen yeh brain hai ki manta hi nahin!
Here’s hoping ,this year I manage to fulfill my dad’s
aspirations….
This is for Godess Saraswati ,the goddess of learning . we
dress in yellow and pray and offer the yellow rice and yellow flowers to her. We enjoy the rice for breakfast and
hope that the coming year is good academically. This time my rice came out
flawless and fragrant and fluffy. Hope it augurs well!
हमको बुद्धि दो भगवन..(Give us our intelligence!)
Without further ado...
Basant Panchami –Meethe Chawal…Yellow Rice...
You need
1 cup basmati rice
½ cup sugar
1 tbsp milk
1 pinch generous saffron
1 tbsp slivered almonds
1 tsp desi ghee/clarified butter
3-4 green cardamom
2 cups water
A few drops yellow food coloring
Before you start soak the rice for at least 30 minutes.
That’s the little ghee; even a teeny weenie amount adds an
oomph to the dish, especially if it is sweet.
Lightly sauté the almonds,you can add cashews too, even
raisins are great…even the humble dried coconut is great…make it once and
then make changes to suit your taste
buds.
Now the drained rice. Lightly sauté, taking care, not to
break the rice.Add one cup water to this rice and cover and cook on a low
flame. Keep an eye on the rice because half the water is missing!
The other half of the water, with the sugar and the green
cardamom pods.Bring to a boil.
I like to add some strands to the boiling sugar syrup too.
Once the syrup boils and the milk has taken the color of the
saffron, add the milk to it and give it rolling boil for 2-3 minutes.In the meanwhile the water in the other pan must be absorbed….time
to pour the sugar solution into the rice and cover it to cook further.
A word…keeps a check. When the
rice has just, a just a bite…turn the gas off and keep the pan covered.
10 minutes and you are done.
Fluff up the rice ....
See, spring is finally trying to come to Ranchi!
Managed the bokeh and the blurred backgrounds. All you gods
of the dSLR_ what’s my status? Are my photography skills improving or am I
still at the P&S stage? (P&S- Point and shoot!)
One prayer on my lips ...and one whisper of gratitude!
So what are you baking today???
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