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Westbengal · Breakfast

Jaggery Rice

Traditional 75. Jaggery Rice recipe

🧺 Ingredients

• 1.5 cups basmati rice, rinsed
• 2.5 cups water
• 100g jaggery (gur), grated fine
• 2 tbsp ghee
• 1/4 tsp cardamom powder
• Pinch of saffron threads
• 2 tbsp roasted nuts (cashew, almond), crushed
• Salt to taste

👩‍🍳 How to make Jaggery Rice

1. Heat ghee (1 min, high): Ghee shimmering.
2. Add rice (1 min, medium): Add rinsed rice, stir to coat with ghee. Rice should turn slightly opaque.
3. Add water and salt (2 mins, high): Pour water, add salt, bring to boil.
4. Simmer (12 mins, low): Cover tightly, reduce heat to lowest setting. Simmer undisturbed 12-14 mins until water absorbed and rice is tender.
5. Dissolve jaggery (1 min, warm): In warm bowl, add small amount of hot water to jaggery, dissolve completely.
6. Add to rice (1 min, low): Gently stir jaggery solution into cooked rice. Add cardamom, saffron.

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