Kauni arusi

Its a chettinad delicacy, generally served during auspicious occasions such as weddings. Its a must try dish if you can get some rice. These are dark blackish rice which is more of a deep purple color when cooked. I love the texture of this rice, its chewy and sticky when cooked and its really yummy and i could eat tons of them as i just love biting on them :)

Ingredients:

Kauni Arusi - 2 cups
Water to cook rice
Ghee
Grated coconut - 1 cup
salt - 1 pinch
sugar - 1 cup or as required.
Cardamom - optional


Method:

Add the rice to cooker and add 2 cups of water for each cup of rice. Cook for about 5 whistles as it takes a bit longer to get cooked.

Kauni Arusi for those who are not familiar with it.

When the pressure cooker is cooled check if the rice is cooked, sometime the water is not completely used up, in that case, keep the cooker on medium heat and cook for a few minutes. Keep stirring so that the bottom doesn't get burnt. Unfortunately i forgot to click picture during every step (will update the next time i cook this).

Once the rice reaches a thick sticky consistency add a pinch of salt, ghee, grated coconut and sugar. You can add cardamom if you like the flavor, but i just like it without it. You could adjust these ingredients to your taste.