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Gud Ke Chawal: If you feel like eating something sweet and local in the cold season, then rice with jaggery is the best option. The sweetness of jaggery and the aroma of rice together create the taste. This recipe, full of health and taste, also keeps the body warm in winter. It is not easy to make it, know the recipe.
Many of us like to consume jaggery during the winter season. There are many benefits of eating jaggery, its nature is warming and it helps in keeping you warm from inside. Consuming it after eating food also improves digestion. Some people also like to take jaggery with milk.
In the cold season, you can make many desserts from jaggery and eat them. Like jaggery pitha, jaggery and dry fruits laddus, jaggery and linseed laddus, etc. Jaggery is used in many dishes, but today we have brought for you the recipe of a winter dessert, whose name is Jaggery Rice.
Yes, you must have cooked and eaten many types of dishes, but do try jaggery rice at home once in winter. Making jaggery rice is not only very easy but it also tastes very tasty. While jaggery brings sweetness to the rice, some whole spices add a nice aroma to it. Normally almonds are added to it but if you want, you can add dry fruits as per your wish.
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Some ingredients are required to make jaggery rice. These are Basmati rice, saffron – 15 to 20 strands, desi ghee, milk, coconut flakes 10 pieces, turmeric powder, cinnamon, green cardamom, bay leaves, jaggery, water, cashew nuts, raisins, almonds etc.
To make jaggery rice, first put dry rice in a big bowl, wash it thoroughly and soak it for 10-15 minutes so that the rice swells and the grains remain separate. Meanwhile, soak saffron in milk in a small bowl.
Now heat ghee in the cooker and add fennel and all the other spices in it. Then add saffron milk and cook on low flame as the milk may curdle. Now add jaggery to it and cook on low flame for 3-5 minutes until the jaggery melts and turns into syrup, but do not overcook it. Now add cashews, raisins and almonds and fry lightly so that the taste and aroma increases.
Now filter the water of soaked rice and add it to the jaggery-masala mixture. Now add 2 cups of water and close the lid of the cooker and cook for 2 whistles on medium flame and then turn off the gas. Let the pressure release and open the rice. Serve the prepared hot jaggery rice with coconut flakes and eat it with pleasure.
Whenever you feel like eating sweets in winter, you can make jaggery rice in winter and enjoy it with your family or relatives. This jaggery rice is not only tasty to eat but it is also very beneficial for health.
