Coconut - Saffron Rice / Meetha chawal

Meetha Chawal........For people who like it sweet & the flavor of coconut !!!!!

Ingredients

• 1 cup basmati rice cooked
• 1 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup fresh, grated coconut
• 1/3 cup ghee
• 1 tsp  kesar/saffron soaked in 1/2 cup warm water
• 1/2 tsp powdered cardamom
• 5-6 cloves
• 1/4 cup raisins fried in 1 table spoon ghee

Method

• Soak rice in water for about 15 minutes and then cook with 2 1/4 cup water. I cook it in microwave. It takes about 15 minutes.
• Keep the rice aside, covered, for about 10 minutes. Then gently stir it to get the air out.
• In a big pan, bring 3/4 cup water to boil.
• Add sugar and coconut to the boiling water and cook on low heat for about 10 minutes until nice aroma emanates from the mixture.
• Add Cooked rice to this mixture and add 1/3 cup ghee.
• Mix well, and add saffron water and cardamom.
• On low heat, cook the mixture for about 15 minutes stirring every 10-15 seconds.
• By this time rice will have soaked all the sweet liquid.
• Add raisins and cloves