Nolen Chawal Bhog Recipe (Rice Pudding With Nolen Jaggery)
Nolen Chawal Bhog Recipe is a Rice Pudding With Nolen Jaggery. This is a signature dish of Makar Sankranti festival (South India) / Poush Parbon (West Bengal). During this period, nolen gur or date palm jaggery is a seasonal ingredient which is freshly available in winters. With just 3 ingredients, Nolen Chawal Bhog Recipe (Rice Pudding With Nolen Jaggery) tastes divine as a dessert delicacy.
Ingredients
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1 liter Milk
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Full cream milk - 1 litter
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1 cup Nolen Gur
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100 grams Basmati rice
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or any fragrant rice
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1 pinch Salt
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To garnish
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Slivered Almonds (Badam)
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a few
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Glazed Cherries
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a few
Instructions
Step 1
To prepare Nolen Chawal Bhog Recipe (Rice Pudding With Nolen Jaggery), wash and drain the rice
Step 2
Keep all the other ingredients handy
Step 3
Boil milk in a heavy bottomed saucepan
Step 4
Once milk starts boiling, simmer it and keep stirring occasionally until it is reduced to half its original quantity
Step 5
Add rice into the simmering milk and allow it to cook on low flame for 10 - 15 minutes or until the rice is almost cooked
Step 6
Keep stirring the milk continuously otherwise rice tends to stick to the bottom
Step 7
When the rice is almost done, simmer the flame and add jaggery slowly
Step 8
Keep stirring constantly
Step 9
Simmer the rice pudding for another 5 minutes or until Nolen Chawal Bhog Recipe thickens a bit
Step 10
Then add a pinch of salt to enhance taste and has uniform colour
Step 11
Switch off the flame and allow it to come room temperature
Step 12
Transfer to serving bowl and garnish with chopped almonds/slivered almonds and glazed cherries
Step 13
Serve Nolen Chawal Bhog Recipe (Rice Pudding With Nolen Jaggery) as a dessert to end a festive meal with more relevant festive recipes