| 9. Kesar waale mitthe chaawal (Sweet Rice) |
| Ingredients |
Amount |
| Rice (must be soaked for 1 hour) |
1 katori (100g) |
| Sunflower oil or Ghee |
1 tbsp (15g) |
| Water |
2 tea cup ( 300ml) |
| Cardamom (Powder) |
1 (Optional) |
| Sugar |
1 katori (75g) |
| Saffron (Kesar) |
A few strands |
| Cloves (Laung) |
1-2 |
| Green cardamoms (Chhoti Illaichi) |
1-2 |
| Fresh coconut (Optional) |
1 tbsp (5gm) |
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| Method |
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Make sugar syrup by boiling 3/4th cup water and 1 katori sugar in a small pan. Stir in
between. Remove from fire as soon as syrup boils. Keep aside. Add kesar. |
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Heat ghee in a big heavy bottomed pan. Reduce heat. |
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Add chhoti illaichi and laung. Stir fry for a few seconds till illaichi changes colour. |
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Add grated coconut (Optional) and stir for 5 minutes. |
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To prepare rice, discard water from soaked rice and cook. Mix gently so that the rice
grains do not break. Add 1½ cups of water. Boil. |
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Reduce flame. Keep a tawa under the pan of rice, simmer gas. Cook for about 10
minutes till the water gets absorbed. |
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Add the kesar waala sugar syrup.mix lightly with a fork. |
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Cover and cook further on low heat till rice are done and the syrup gets absorbed. |
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| Variation – You may use boiled mashed potatoes in place of bottle gourd (Dudhi) to
prepare potato halwa. |
| Serving: 4 person |
| Nutritive Value |
| Serving |
Energy
(kcal) |
Protein
(g) |
CH0
(g) |
Fat
(g) |
Na
(mg) |
K
(mg) |
Phos
(mg) |
Iron
(mg) |
Ca
(mg) |
| 1 |
179 |
2 |
38 |
2 |
3.5 |
- |
74 |
0.8 |
6 |
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Suitable for renal failure patients. |
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Unsuitable for patient with uncontrolled Diabetes. |
| *Should be avoided by diabetics. In place of sugar, diabetics can make use of ‘Sugar free’. |
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