‎✨ Winter Special Gur Walay Chawal Recipe | Jaggery Rice Recipe | Traditional Pakistani Dessert

jaggery

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey provides sweetness with fewer calories.

ghee

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: butter

Olive oil is lower in saturated fat.

Start by taking 500 grams of rice, which can be sela rice or double steam rice.

Wash the rice 3-4 times and soak for about 30 minutes. If using sela rice, soak for 2-2.5 hours instead.

For 500 grams of rice, take 500 grams of jaggery and break it into pieces.

In a pan, add the jaggery and pour in 0.5 cups of water to melt it.

Turn on the flame and melt the jaggery over medium to low heat until it becomes syrupy, which takes about 4-5 minutes.

Once melted, turn off the flame and set the syrup aside.

Boil water in a large pot without adding anything to it.

When small bubbles appear in the water, add the soaked rice and mix gently.

Cook the rice for 11-12 minutes until fully cooked and soft, ensuring there are no hard grains left.

After 12 minutes, check the rice; it should be mushy and ready.

Strain the cooked rice using a strainer to drain all the water.

Prepare dry fruits: take 2 tablespoons of cashews, 2 tablespoons of almonds, 2 tablespoons of raisins, a little dry coconut, and 1 tablespoon of pistachios.

In a pan, add 0.5 cups of ghee and melt it.

Once melted, add 3 cloves, 1 piece of cinnamon, 1 star anise, 4-5 green cardamom pods, and 0.5 tablespoons of fennel seeds to the ghee and let them crackle for 30-40 seconds.

Add the chopped dry fruits to the pan and fry them until the raisins puff up and the dry fruits get a little color.

Turn off the flame once the dry fruits are slightly fried.

Add the prepared dry fruit mixture to the jaggery syrup and warm it up slightly until it bubbles.

Spread the drained rice in a large pot, ensuring there is no water left.

Pour the jaggery syrup and dry fruit mixture over the rice and mix gently without breaking the rice grains.

Cover the pot and let it steam on low flame for about 20 minutes, placing a tava underneath to ensure even cooking.

After 20 minutes, check the rice; it should be soft and fluffy.

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