I have heard of chettinad’s kavuni arisi but never had an opportunity to try it until last month. Our neighbour during Grihapravesham (House Warming Ceremony) arranged for cooks from Karaikudi who are specialists in chettinad cuisine. For breakfast they served kavuni arisi and paasiparuppu puttu along with idli, pongal and vadai. Kavuni arisi was so delicious I had a second serving. As a coincidence I got the recipe for the rice in a tamil magazine. Then when I went to the stores I saw a pack of kavuni arisi also known as balck rice and I bought it immediately. As I had everything in hand to make kavuni arisi, I soaked the rice in the morning and cooked it for our evening snack. It takes nearly 30 minutes to cook. But preparing the dish is very easy once the rice is cooked. We loved the way it turned. It was absolutely delicious and matched the Karaikudi cook’s dish.
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Serves 2 Persons
Ingredients:
Black Rice/ Kavuni Arisi-1/2cup
Water-2 1/2cups
Grated Coconut-1/2cup
Sugar-1/3cup
Ghee-1tbs
Broken Cashew-3tbs
Cardamom Powder-1/4tsp
Procedure:
1. Soak rice in 2 1/2 cups of water for 2-3 hours.
2. Transfer the rice along with water and cardamom powder to pressure cooker.
3. When the first whistle blows, switch flame to low and cook for 25-30 minutes.
4. Remove from flame and keep it aside until the pressure subsides.
5. Open the cooker and stir the rice.
6. Add sugar and coconut. Mix well.
7. Heat ghee in a pan and add cashew. Fry until golden.
8. Add it to the rice and mix well.
9. Serve it hot or at room temperature.
We also make this one Gayathri its also called as puttarisi..its really very very tasty..See this post sticky rice pudding (white one)
http://www.dishesfrommykitchen.com/2011/09/puttarisiputarisi-sweet-indian-sticky.html
Try using milk instead of water.. it comes out soo good 🙂
Thank You Pavithra. I will try it..
Here in Malaysia this dish is so popular…looks delicious…its served with thick coconut milk…
superb looks… beautiful clicks dear…
I’m from chettinad… and yeah this is such a versatile dish.. we make this often!..
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Looks delicious.
such a new dish to me!!! I have seen black rice once… and this dish looks intereesting to try./// bookmarking it!!
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Never tasted n tried but sounds very healthy n delicious…Will try if i get them here…
very healthy one dear… ll try it…
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Hey Gayathri, nice dish. Is this rice same as the wild rice you get in the USA? thats also somewhat black in color.
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New for me will try
Where can I buy this rice from and how much should I pay for it per kilogram.
This rice can be eaten with roasted and powdered sesame seeds (til) and grated coconut. Dry roast til seeds with roasted half a chilli and salt and powder them. instead of sugar you can add this powder and coconut with rice and eat. it tastes great. we have cooked many times in our home.
That sounds amazing. thank you. Will try it the next time.