Gudanna / Bella Anna / Jaggery Syrup Rice Recipe for Indian Festivals
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Gudanna is specially made during festivals in South India (read
Udupi) and offered to god during puja. It is then served as puja prasada
amongst guests and family members.
Gud Anna or Bella Anna is Jaggery Syrup Rice, the traditional rice
dessert.
The recipe is basically rice mixed in boiling jaggery syrup
along with dry fruits and ghee.
The aroma and stickiness that jaggery brings to this recipe
is the specialty. It smells very good and when topped with ghee and cardamom it
spreads more aroma around the house.
You will need
1 cup rice
1 cup jaggery
4 spoon ghee
One fist full of cashew nut pieces
Cardamom powder for flavour
Grated dry coconut
How to make Gudanna Prasada
Cook 1 cup of rice with sufficient water. Drain the water and
keep the rice aside for cooling.
Heat little amount of ghee in a pan and add cashew nut
pieces along with it. Fry the cashew nut until it turns golden brown. Set the ghee
roasted cashew aside. We will use it later.
Now, take a wide thick bottom wok. Add 1 cup jaggery and
melt it under low flame. Keep stirring so that it does not stick to the bottom.
Avoid adding water. When the jaggery melts completely it will form a sticky
syrup like consistency.
To this jaggery syrup, add rice and stir well. Add one spoon
of ghee. And mix well.
Do not stop stirring.
Add roasted cashew, cardamom powder and dried grated
coconut. Add more ghee and stir.
Keep the flame low and continue stirring until all of the jaggery
is absorbed by rice.
Transfer to a fresh clean bowl and offer it to god during
puja.This is recipe of Guda-anna is specially made during the
festivals of goddess.
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