Ingredients
- 3 cups basmati rice
- 4 strands saffron
- 10 almonds
- 10 cashew nuts
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 1 inch cinnamon
- 4 cardamoms
- 4 cloves
- 50 grams raisins
- 2 bay leaves
- 50 grams dry coconut
- 1½ cups sugar
Preparation
- Wash rice and soak in 6 cups water.
- Soak saffron in a little warm water.
- Soak raisins in warm water.
- Soak remove skins of almonds and sliver them.
- Sliver cashew nuts.
- Heat oil and fry cinnamon, cardamoms, cloves, dried fruits, bay leaves and chopped coconut till light brown.
- Add rice, 1 cup water and cook on low flame till partially done.
- Meanwhile, boil sugar in 3 cups water making it syrupy.
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Add it to the rice along with saffron and simmer on slow flame till fully cooked.
Serve hot.