Gudanna / Jaggery Rice / Bellada Anna Reipe.

Gudanna or jaggery rice recipe is a sweet prepared specially as an offering for the deities in the form of prasadha or nivediya during the Navarathri festival or on a deepa namaskara night. Basically it is prepared and offered for the goddess like devi or durge. Here, we prepare rice and mix it with ghee and jaggery. Gudanna is a sweet semisolid mushy rice which is not as watery as rice payasam but the taste is simply luscious and lush. The aroma of fresh ghee is simply divine and since it contains lots of calories it should be eaten in small morsels which would help us to maintain our health.

How To Prepare Gudanna /Jaggery Rice/ Bellada Anna.

The time taken to prepare this gudanna recipe is around 40 minutes and the quantity mentioned here is enough for 3 servings.

Ingredients For Gudanna Rice Recipe.

• Rice - 1 cup.

• Jaggery scrapings - 1 cup.

• Cardamom powder - 2 tsp.

• Ghee - 3 / 4 cup.

• Cashew - 10 pieces.

• Raisins - 6 pieces.

• Dry coconut - 1 cup.

Method To Make Gudanna / Jaggery rice.

• Boil the rice till it turns soft. ( around 3 whistles in the cooker ) . 

• Heat a deep pan or a kadai with 1 tbsp of ghee in it on a medium flame.

• Add cashew and raisins. Fry till it changes its color.

• Now add the scrapped jaggery pieces and 1 / 4 th cup of water into the pan.

• Allow  the jaggery pieces to get dissolved in water and let the jaggery water  boil for around 5 minutes.

• Now add the rice and stir it well so that the rice gets uniformly mixed with jaggery and no lumps are left behind.

• Mix it well and add a little more water if the mixture is too thick.

• Add ghee, coconut scrapings and cardamom powder and let the gudanna simmer for 5 minutes on a low flame till it gets a glossy look.

Your rich and sweetish jaggery rice recipe is ready to be served!!!

KitchenMasti Points.

1. This sweet rice gudanna is usually in a semisolid state. So if the the rice mixture is thick, add a little water and adjust the consistency.
2. Ghee may be added as per your choice but I suggest you to add the ghee as mentioned in the recipe for a lip smacking taste.
3. I have used basmathi rice for this recipe but you may use any ordinary rice also..

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