Rainbow Rice

Ingredients

  • 2 cups rice
  • 4 cups water
  • 200 gms slivered almonds
  • 200 gms shredded coconut
  • 2 tablespoons cooking oil
  • 2 small cardamoms
  • ½ teaspoon powdered nutmeg
  • 2 tablespoons orange peel cut into strips
  • Assorted food colours, red, yellow etc.

Directions

  1. Soak the rice for 1 ½ hours.
  2. Boil the rice on medium heat until 3/4 cooked.
  3. Drain rice and set aside.
  4. Add 2 tablespoons of oil to a pot and heat on medium heat.
  5. Layer one layer of rice, then one layer of Granulated sugar|Sugar, coconut and then orange peel.
  6. Repeat layers then cover and cook for 10 minutes.
  7. When rice is done, add a few drops of the food colouring.
  8. Mix and serve.
  9. Before serving garnish with slivered almonds.
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