Easiest Way to Fall Delicious KANIKA (Sweet Rice)

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KANIKA (Sweet Rice). Kanika is a sweet pulao or sweet rice made with ghee, basmati rice and sugar, and dry fruits. The dish is mildly sweet and extremely flavorful from the whole spices like cardamom, clove, and cinnamon. Kanika takes the color of yellow from the turmeric.
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You can cook KANIKA (Sweet Rice) using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of KANIKA (Sweet Rice)
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It’s 1 cup of basmati rice.
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You need 1/2 cup of Sugar.
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It’s 2 cups of Water.
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It’s 4 tsp of Desi ghee.
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Prepare 2 of Bay leaves.
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It’s As required of Chopped dry fruits like cashews and raisins.
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Prepare Few of Cloves, cinnamon stick and cardamons.
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You need Few of Pepper corns.
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You need 1/2 tsp of Turmeric powder.
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You need For garnishing of Pomegranate seeds and grated coconut.
Kanika is a pulao recipe which is prepared during festivals in Odisha.
It is a perfect example of spiced and sweet recipe.
The presence of spices gives the recipe a special flavour.
The aroma of Desi ghee makes this recipe a very exceptional one.
KANIKA (Sweet Rice) instructions
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Soak the basmati rice for 30 minutes and drain..
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Heat a deep pan and add 2tsp of desi ghee. Add bay leaves, cashewnuts, raisins, cloves, cardamoms, cinnamon, pepper and saute for a while..
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Add basmati rice and fry on a medium heat till the rice turns a little brown..
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Add water, turmeric powder, salt and cook for 10-15 minutes..
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Add sugar and remaining ghee. Cover it for 5 minutes..
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Finally garnish the KANIKA (Sweet Rice) with grated coconut and pomegranate seeds. Then serve it hot with the piping hot Dalma or spicy Aloo Dum.
Kanika is a mildly sweet fragrant rice flavored with some spices and ghee (the clarified butter) loaded with cashew nuts and raisins and is colored with the turmeric.
The basic feature of the rice is the well separated puffed grains embellished with a perfect shine from the Ghee.
And though the recipe is very simple with few ingredients, the.
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It is a Sweet Rice dish in Odisha.