How to Make Delicious Kanika (sweet rice)

Kanika (sweet rice). An authentic odia sweet Rice flavored with fresh masalas and desi ghee. Kanika (sweet rice) is an aromatic sweet rice dish. Kanika - an authentic Odisha Cuisine.

The presence of spices gives the recipe a special flavor. The aroma of Desi ghee makes this recipe a very exceptional one. I learnt this recipe from my mother. You can cook Kanika (sweet rice) using 15 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Kanika (sweet rice)

1. Prepare 1 cup of basmati rice.
2. It's 1/2 cup of sugar.
3. Prepare 1 tbsp of salt.
4. Prepare 1 tbsp of turmeric powder.
5. Prepare 2 tbsp of desi ghee.
6. Prepare 5-6 of black pepper.
7. You need 2-3 of cloves.
8. Prepare 2-3 of green cardamom.
9. You need 1 of black cardamom.
10. You need 1 of small piece of cinnamon.
11. It's as needed of cashew nuts.
12. It's as needed of raisins.
13. It's As needed of coconuts.
14. Prepare 2 of bay leaves.
15. It's 4 cup of Water for soaking and cooking.

She prepares this special rice dish during festivals (especially on Margasira masa Laxmi Puja days). Kanika is a sweet rice which is traditional Odia recipe. Kanika is rich in flavour as it contains dry fruits, ghee, and sugar. Some add turmeric powder too this kanika.

Kanika (sweet rice) instructions

1. Soak rice in 2 cups of water for half an hour..
2. Heat a pan. Add 2 tbsp ghee. Add bay leaves, cinnamon, black pepper, cloves, both cardamom and saute. Then add cashew nuts. When it turns golden add raisin and coconuts. Saute a little..
3. Then drain the water of soaked rice and add it to the pan. Add salt, sugar and turmeric powder. Mix it well. Now add 2 cups of water and first give it a boil in high flame. Then cover it with a lid and keep the flame low to medium..
4. Check it after 15 mins. Stir it. Keep it for another 5 mins. If the rice is dry and cooked perfectly it's done. And ready to serve..

But I prepared a simple odia style Kanika without turmeric powder. Kanika is a sweet pulao or sweet rice made with ghee, basmati rice and sugar, and dry fruits. The dish is mildly sweet and extremely flavorful from the whole spices like cardamom, clove, and cinnamon. Kanika takes the color of yellow from the turmeric. Kanika is a mildly sweet fragrant rice flavored with some spices and ghee (the clarified butter) loaded with cashew nuts and raisins and is colored with the turmeric.