MUTANJAN
Description
Mutanjan is a delicious and fragrant Pakistani sweet rice dish that is sure to tantalize your taste buds. This caption can be used to introduce the dish to those who may not be familiar with it.
Ingredients
- 1 kg Rice
- 7 Cloves
- 7 Green Cardamoms
- 3 slices of Lemon
- Water for boiling
- 850 g Granulated Sugar
- 1 cup Ghee
- 1 cup Milk
- 1/2 cup Tutti Frutti
- Yellow, Red, and Green food coloring
- 1/2 kg Chum Chum
- 1/4 cup Ghee
- 1/2 cup Almonds
- 1/2 cup Raisins
- 1/2 cup Coconut flakes
- 1/2 cup Pistachios
- 1/2 cup Cashews
Boiling the Rice:
Layering:
Frying Nuts:
Instructions
- In a large pot, add green cardamoms, cloves, lemon slices, and water. Bring the mixture to a boil.
- Add the washed and soaked rice to the pot and cook until the rice is fully cooked.
- In a separate pan, heat 1/4 cup of ghee. Add pistachios, cashews, coconut flakes, raisins, and blanched almonds to the pan. Fry the nuts for 2-3 minutes until they are lightly browned. Set aside.
- Step 4
- In a large pot, combine ghee, granulated sugar, milk, and water. Cook the mixture over medium heat until the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Add the boiled rice to the sugar mixture in the pot. Add half of the fried nuts and half of the khoya to the pot. Cook the mixture until the water is almost dried up.
- Drizzle the food colouring over the rice mixture. Add tutti frutti, remaining khoya, and fried nuts on top of the rice.
- Cover the pot and steam the mixture for 20 minutes over medium flame.
- Remove the lid from the pot and gently mix the contents. Serve the Mutanjan hot.
- Add pieces of chum chum to the Mutanjan before serving. Enjoy your delicious Mutanjan!
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