Saturday, June 24, 2006

Sakharbhaat (Mildly spiced sweet rice)

Sakharbhaat
(It looks much better than this actually. My sorry camera could capture only 35% of its beauty.)

It is my father's birthday today. Just the way it has more or less become a tradition at my parents' place to make Puranpoli for my birthday, it always used to be kinda predecided that it would be Sakharbhaat for my father's. That was until his high blood sugar levels were detected. Even now, it is us, his family, who are not in favour of this tradition any longer. He would still be happy to find this dessert on his plate. Because he strongly believes that Diabetes is a curable disease, and that his is nearly cured. :) Well, who said that only children can give their parents a tough time? The opposite is equally possible. That is the reason why I have made this dish only as a virtual treat for him. (Technology is not all that bad after all, is it?) I hope he enjoys it. And so do you, when you make it.

A little about this Maharashtrian/Goan dessert: Sakhar=sugar & bhaat=rice. This sweet rice has a wonderful aroma of cloves and cardamom. Traditionally, desserts are always served with the meal itself in Maharashtra (and in many of the Indian cuisines that I know.) So is this one. It is rarely seen at big ceremonies like weddings, at least in the urban parts of Maharashtra. It is a pucca home dessert. And this is how it is made.

Recipe for Sakharbhaat

Ingredients:

1 cup Basmati rice
1 tsp lime juice
1 tbsp ghee
¼ tsp salt
¾ cup sugar
a little less than ½ cup water (for the sugar syrup)
2 cloves
3-4 cardamom pods
1 tbsp sugar (for clove-cardamom powder)
8-10 cashewnuts, halved
saffron strands, the more the better

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Method:

1. Grind the cloves and cardamom with sugar. You could also pound them with a pestle and mortar.
2. Cook the rice with lime juice, ghee and salt in just enough quantity of water, because we want every rice grain to be separate. (If cooking it in the microwave, add only 2 cups of water for 1 cup rice.)
3. Once cooked, spread it on a wide plate/tray with gentle hands, making sure that the rice grains do not break. I often use a fork for this. Let the rice cool down.
4. In the meanwhile, mix the sugar and water and put it to cook. Boil it until you get thick sugar syrup. It is thick enough, if a drop of it, when put on a metal plate, does not run but stays firm. We call this 'golibund paak' in Marathi.
5. Add the saffron strands to the syrup. Add the cooled rice too and cover the pan. Steam-cook the rice for a couple of minutes.

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Rice cooking in the sugar syrup

6. Open the lid, stir the rice and steam-cook it for another couple of minutes.
7. Add the powdered/pounded cloves & cardamom and the cashewnuts. Mix them all well with the rice. Cook it uncovered on low heat until all the water has evaporated.

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Serve it preferably warm or at room temperature. Sakharbhaat is not really enjoyable, if served cold. It tastes even better the following day. I often take advantage of that, and make it on the previous day, when I am entertaining. That helps me gain more time on the day of the lunch/dinner to prepare other dishes.

Note:
Although the procedure looks lengthy, it is one of the easiest desserts to prepare, in my opinion. If you make it once, it is child's play the second time around.

I would like to send this one as my entry to Paz for this month's From My Rasoi event.


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35 comments:

Neelu said...

YUMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
I love this, Aaji makes this with coconut added , rest all its the same process.I havea swet tooth , N this is one of my fav.

Anonymous said...

Yummy.I wish I could taste some.

Sumitha said...

Hey Vaish,its nice to learn traditional Maharastrian dishes from you always,I have a question,with what do you serve this rice with,is it eaten as it is bcoz its sweet or with curry and bhaji?

Sudha said...

Vaishali, that's a nice post..It is called sakara pongal in tamil,but we add jageery instead of sugar.Bth day wishes to your dad..and indeed a lovely virtual treat to dad..:-)

Anonymous said...

Hi Vaishali,

My dad has diabetes as well; I can empathize. Virtual dessert looks just delicious!

Krithika said...

Dont worry about the picture quality Vaishali. It looks delicious and is worth a try.

Anonymous said...

Good birthday idea, especially when you want to say more than a sweet word!!
- TheOriginalAnon

Vaishali said...

Neelu, it's called 'Naarali Bhaat' with coconut in it. I love that one too.

Anon, just drop in at my place. :)

Sumitha, it is not eaten with anything. It is just served as a dessert in the plate along with the rest of the items. You can enjoy it after every morsel of hot Bhaji or Dal maybe? :)

Thanks, Paz. I'll make sure I convey your wishes to him.

Hi Sudha, why don't you do a post on 'Sakara Pongal'? Jaggery must be giving it a lovely earthy aroma, I guess.

Linda, does your father too like to deny that he needs to be more careful about what he eats? I often tell mine, that I might end up having Hypertension looking at the sweets that he consumes.

Hey Krithika, that's soooooooo encouraging. With fellow-bloggers like you, I could blog till the end of the world.

Vaishali said...

TOA, that's such a sweet comment. (No pun intended!) Thanks.

Anonymous said...

Vaish,
First of all Happy Burpday to your dad !!
Second of all - good post, nice and easy recipe.
Third of all - I can't believe what a handsome cook you are turning into :P

Just kidding !!!

Shammi said...

I dont think I've had this since I was a kid. Time to make it myself now, I guess :)

PS. Vaishali, this is re your comment on my non-food-blog - consider yourself tagged for that meme there! :) Looking forward to reading your version!

Neelu said...

Hi vaishali
Can you c my blog ?
I cnat c my blog from internet exploreer but i can view it from firefox. I dont know whats wrong. Did u face prob of this kind before ? Do u have any idea what I could do ? To post a reply view my blog from any other explorer except IE

Ashwini said...

Vaish I must say you post about some very authentic yet nearly forgotten Maharashtrian dishes. I love saakarbhaat and its been ages since I had it. I think the snap captured the color and the faint clove flavor really well.
Happy Bday to your dad :-)

Vaishali said...

Mythili, hahahaha... A witty comment there. I am indeed turning into a decent cook, aren't I? With competition like you around, I need to keep improving, you see. :)

Thanks for the tag, Shammi. Will try and post it asap. As for Sakharbhaat, just go ahead and try it out. You won't regret.

Neelu, no, I can't see your blog for the last two days actually. I didn't know how to let you know about it coz I don't have your e-mail address. I'll try and post a comment at your blog by opening it elsewhere. Hope it works.

Ashwini, thanks for the compliment and for the wishes. I have to make sure that I convey them to my father. Do you really find the foto decent? I was quite unsatisfied with it really. (Sorry if I sound snobbish; I don't mean to.)

Revathi said...

Happy Birthday To your Dad.

Revathi

Meeta K. Wolff said...

Sweet rice? never had that one before. But it does sound interesting! Happy B-day to your dad!

Vaishali said...

Thanks, Revathi. His birthday this year is sure memorable because of all sweet wishes by you guys.

Thanks, Meeta. Just in case you wanna taste it, but don't want to take the trouble of making it, you know that Düsseldorf isn't really far away. :)

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