Sunday, August 19, 2012

It's been a while since I shared any updates . My extensive overseas travel for about a month put me out of gear. But here I am back now and ready to resume my food blogging.
The festive season is already upon us and we Sindhis make a vegetarian meal on those days with a variety of vegetables , sbacks like aloo tikki , samosas or sanha pakora. On most occasions the rice that ismade is called Taheri which is fragrant delicious sweet rice. I had it earlier this week at a cousin's place after a long time, loved it and decided that I must share the recipe on my blog.

TAHERI
Ingredients:
2 cups Basmati rice
1 cup sugar
10 to 12 cardamoms ( peel and remove seeds)
20 to 30 strands of saffron ( soaked in a little warm water)
3 tablespoons pure ghee
3/4 cup dry fruits ( cahewnuts, almonds,( Slit into halves) and raisins)
4 cups water
3/4 tsp salt
Procedure:
Wash and soak rice in water in a bowl for about 20 minutes. Heat a thick bottomed pan. Add ghee. When melted, add rice, cardomom seeds and saffron with the water . Reduce flame and stir for a couple of minutes. Now add 3 cups of water and salt and cook on medium flame In another pan dissolve sugar in the balance one cup of water by heating it.
When the rice is almost cooked and the waterappears dried up add the dissolved sugar syrup and dry fruits. Cover and cook on lowest flame for about ten minutes or till the rice is steaming . Serve hot. Tastes great by itself too with mango pickle and roasted papad.

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