Gur Chawal (Brown Sugar Rice)

Ingredients:

• 3 cups of Basmati rice.
• 1/2 cup cooking oil
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3 cardamoms
• 3-4 cloves
• 2 gur pieces (gur is made from sugar cane extract)
• 1 and 1/2 cup brown sugar

Directions:

Take the Rice and soak them in water for 15 minutes.

Take a pot and put gur pieces, brown sugar, and 1 and 1/2  cup of water, on medium-high heat. Let it boil. Keep stirring until the mixture becomes thick. Turn off the heat and set aside.

Put 4 and 1/2 cups of water into a pot, along with 1/4 cup butter, cooking oil, cardamoms, and cloves, and put on stove on high heat OR you can use only one cup butter.

When the water starts boiling, drain the water from the rice, and put the rice in the pot. Gently stir 1-2 times.

When there is a little bit of water left in the pot, pour the brown sugar mixture into the pot, and stir.

add in the brown sugar at this point

will look like this when brown sugar mixture is added in

After 5 minutes, turn the heat onto low for 10 to 15 minutes, and cover the pot with lid.

Note: After 15 minutes, when you take off the lid, and the rice is not soft, then sprinkle 1/4 cup milk and then put the lid back on for 10 minutes.

put the lid on at this point.

After 10 minutes, turn off the stove, and garnish (almonds, raisins, coconut, cherries) with the dry fruits, and leave it for 10-15 minutes, then gently mix.

Your Gur/Brown Sugar Rice is ready to serve, enjoy!