“festival rice”

Jammu and Kashmir Dessert

Jammu Gur Ke Chawal Jaggery Sweet Rice Dogra Festival Prasad

Rice cooked with jaggery, ghee and cardamom into a fragrant caramel-brown sweet rice —...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 25 min cook

Easy

Uttarakhand Lunch

Uttarakhand Harela Festival Ghee Rice Whole Spice Celebration

Fragrant ghee rice with whole spices made for Harela — the most important agricultural...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 30 min cook

Easy

Telangana Lunch

Telangana Nuvvula Annam Sesame Rice Festival

Cooked rice mixed with a dry sesame-chilli powder and sesame oil tempering — a simple...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 10 min cook

Easy

West Bengal Lunch

Khichuri Bhog Durga Puja Festival Rice

The specific khichuri (rice and lentil preparation) made for Durga Puja bhog — thicker...

⏱ 15 min prep 🍳 35 min cook

Medium

Telangana Lunch

Karimnagar Pulihora Tamarind Rice Telangana

Rice cooked with a sharp tamarind-chilli tempering, curry leaves and peanuts — the...

⏱ 10 min prep 🍳 20 min cook

Easy