Ingredients:

  • Long grain rice ½ kg (soaked in water for 20 minutes)
  • Sugar 2 cups
  • Yellow food color ½ tsp
  • Almonds 10 (blanched and slivered)
  • Pistachio nuts 10 (blanched and slivered)
  • Cloves 6
  • Small cardamoms 4
  • Banaspati Ghee or Cooking Oil 1 cup

Directions:

  • Boil 8 cups of water in a pan and add rice, cloves and cardamoms.
  • Cook till the rice is boiled.
  • Strain and drain all the water. Leave to cool.
  • Spread rice on a large dish, sprinkle sugar, food color and slivered nuts on it.
  • Carefully mix so that the color spreads evenly. Now heat the banaspati in a pan, add rice and cook on low heat until all the syrup of sugar dries up.
  • Place the pan on a heavy griddle (tava) and cook for 20-30 minutes.
  • Remove from heat. Fluff it up with a fork and serve.
Sweet Yellow Rice