Tairi (Tahiri- Tayri -Tehri) | Sindhi Sweet Rice
Sindhi Tairi (Tahiri, Tayri, Tehri) |Sindhi Sweet Rice is a Sindhi sweet rice dish . It is fragrant rice prepared with cardamom, fennel seeds, and saffron. Sweet Tahiri is a main-course dish that goes well with Sai Bhaji, potatoes and Sindhi Papad. This is generally prepared for ceremonial purposes and festivals like Chetichand
Ingredients
- 1 cup Basmati rice
- 2 cups water
- 3/4 cup sugar adjust
- 8-10 green cardamoms crushed
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- ½ inch “cinnamon stick
- A pinch of salt
- Few saffron strands soaked in warm milk or water
- 20 gm black currants or black kishmish
- 20 gm khopra slivers dried coconut
- Few chopped nuts for garnishing
- 2 tbsp ghee
- 2 tbsp oil
- 2 cups water to cook rice adjust
Instructions
Soaking
- Firstly, wash and soak rice for half an hour.
- Soak saffron in warm milk or warm water .
Cooking the rice
- In a pot, heat the ghee/oil and add the crushed cardamoms, cinnamon stick and fennel seeds.
- Pour enough water to cover the rice and bring it to a boil. When the water begins to boil, add the rice. Similarly, combine soaked saffron and a pinch of salt with the rice.
- Cook the rice until it is just soft and done..
Adding sugar
- Thereafter, add sugar and 'Khopra' slivers to the rice and cook on low flame.
- When the melted sugar is absorbed, add black Kishmish.(black currants)
- Reduce heat to the lowest setting and cook on 'dum' (low flame) for 15 minutes or so.
- Lastly heat a little ghee and pour it over the sweet rice.
- If desired, garnish with chopped nuts. Switch off flame and set aside the rice undisturbed for 15-20 minutes before you serve.
Notes
- Soak the rice for a minimum of half an hour.
- You may adjust the amount of sugar.
- Before adding sugar, make sure the rice is just cooked.
- To reduce the amount of saffron, use an edible orange-yellow colour.
- Set aside Tairi ricefor 15-20 minutes, after it is cooked. This allows the rice grain to swell and fluff.
- For vegan version, soak saffron in lukewarm water instead of milk. Use oil instead of ghee.