KANIKA (Sweet Rice)
KANIKA (Sweet Rice)

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To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook kanika (sweet rice) using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make KANIKA (Sweet Rice):
  1. Make ready 1 cup basmati rice
  2. Prepare 1/2 cup Sugar
  3. Take 2 cups Water
  4. Get 4 tsp Desi ghee
  5. Prepare 2 Bay leaves
  6. Take As required Chopped dry fruits like cashews and raisins
  7. Prepare Few Cloves, cinnamon stick and cardamons
  8. Get Few Pepper corns
  9. Make ready 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder
  10. Prepare For garnishing Pomegranate seeds and grated coconut

It is an Odia dish traditionally prepared during festivals and pujas. 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. Kanika is a pulao recipe which is prepared during festivals in Orissa. It is a perfect example of spice and sweet recipe.

Steps to make KANIKA (Sweet Rice):
  1. Soak the basmati rice for 30 minutes and drain.
  2. Heat a deep pan and add 2tsp of desi ghee. Add bay leaves, cashewnuts, raisins, cloves, cardamoms, cinnamon, pepper and saute for a while.
  3. Add basmati rice and fry on a medium heat till the rice turns a little brown.
  4. Add water, turmeric powder, salt and cook for 10-15 minutes.
  5. Add sugar and remaining ghee. Cover it for 5 minutes.
  6. 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

The presence of spices gives the recipe a special flavor. Kanika- Odia sweet rice is prepared during festivals in Odisha. It is a mildly sweet fragrant rice flavoured with some spices and ghee loaded with cashew nuts and raisins & is coloured with turmeric. Follow me on your favourite network. The cooked sweet rice was too soft and sticky when I tried the first mouthful.

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