Sweetened Rice

SWEETENED RICE

My daughter is born with a sweet tooth and she always craves for sweets, choclates and bakery stuff.
One day she was very demanding for something mitha and here i went into the kitchen and made this wholesome sweetened food for her to enjoy!!!

She simply loves it!!!

INGREDIENTS:                                 
                                                    
Golden Sela Rice- 2 cups                   Preparation Time : 20 minutes     

Milk- 1/2 litre                                      Serves:4

Sugar-2 cups

Elaichi-4 nos

Grated coconut- 1/2 cup

Dry fruits (Kismish,Almonds,Kaju)-1/2 cup

PROCEDURE:

1.      Soak the rice in water for 1/2 an hour.
2.      In a heavy bottomed pressure pan reduce the milk to half the content.
3.      Add the crushed elaichi to the reduced milk followed by the rice.
4.      Mix in the grated coconut and the dry fruits.
5.      Add little bit of water just enough to pressure cook the rice along with the milk.
6.      After the whistle, turn the burner on low flame and cook for 5 minutes.
7.      Turn off the burner and let the pressure go away in a slow pace.
8.      Keep it in the refrigerator to cool down and garnish with dry fruits
9.   Your yummy yummy sweetened rice is ready to be served.

Tip: This particular rice is cream in color but you can add Kesar strands dissolved in milk into the sweetened rice to get yellowish color rice.