Sindhi Tairi recipe
Sindhi Tairi is an iron-rich pilaf which tastes best with spicy potatoes and sai bhaji.
Servings: 4
Equipment
- Frying pan/ sauce pan
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup rice soaked for 20 minutes in water
- 2 tbsp. ghee or oil if vegan
- 1 tbsp. saunf or fennel seeds
- ¼ cup kaju or cashews
- ¼ cup draksh black raisins + kishmish(raisins)
- 6-7 chopped dates
- 5-7 strands of kesar or saffron soaked in milk/water if vegan
- ½ cup jaggery
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3-¼ cups of water
Instructions
- Heat ghee in a pan.
- Add the cashews,fry them until golden brown and keep it aside.
- Add jaggery to the pan, cook for 2 minutes or until jaggery is caramalized.
- Now ,add cinnamon, fennel seeds and cook for 2 minutes.
- Add dates and raisins.
- Cook until the mixture is well combined.
- Add rice and salt.
- Mix all the ingredients, add 3-¼ cups of water .
- Cover the pan and let it boil.
- Add cashews, saffron. Cook until all water is evaporated or rice is cooked.
- Serve hot with Sindhi Sai bhaji.