Gur Chawal, Sweet rice

Gur Chawal

Serves 4

Ingredients

1 cup rice. 1 1/2 cups grated gur 2 cups water 2 tbsp ghee 1 tbsp raisins, soaked 2 tbsp almonds, blanched and slivered

Method: Wash and soak rice. Dissolve gur in half cup water. Heat ghee. Strain rice and add to ghee. Saut‚ for a minute or two, until colour changes slightly. Add 1 1/2 cups water and bring to a boil. When water is visible only as bubbling little "wells", reduce heat and cover. When rice seems almost done, stir in hot gur solution. Simmer, covered, until rice is fully done and gur absorbed. Serve hot, garnished with raisins and almonds. Whole black peppers and cloves (4-5 of each) can be saut‚ed in the ghee if you want to add some spiciness.