Ingredients:

• 2 cups – basmati Rice (or long grained Rice)
• 1 cup – Sugar
• 2 cups – water
• 1/2 cup – Milk
• 3 – Cloves
• 2 inch – Cinnamon stick
• 3 – green Cardamoms
• 3 tsp – Ghee
• 6 — Pistachios
• 6 – Almonds
• Few – Saffron strands
• Pinch – yellow food colour

Method:

1. Wash and soak the rice for 15 minutes.
2. In a pan, take sugar with enough water to cover it, and make a sugar syrup.
3. In a heavy bottomed pan, heat the ghee, add the cinnamon, cloves and cardamom.
4. Fry for few minutes.
5. Add the drained rice and 2 cups of water.
6. Once the water starts drying, add the sugar syrup, milk, yellow food colour and saffron strands.
7. Cover and cook on simmer.
8. Heat a teaspoon of ghee and roast half the nuts.
9. Add it to the cooking rice.
10. Once the rice is cooked, take off the heat.
11. Recipe courtesy: Priya Easy N Tasty Recipe

Recipe courtesy of Priya