Lilva rice Recipe - Gujarati Recipes

Ingredients

• 1-1/2 cups Rice, washed and soaked
• 1 cup Green Double Beans (Surti Papdi)
• 2 Cloves
• 2 Cinnamon Sticks
• 2 tbsp Ghee
• Salt to taste
• ½ cup Coriander Leaves
• I tsp Ginger, grated
• 1 tbsp Lemon Juice
• 3 Green Chilies
• ¼ cup Green Garlic

Method

1. Make a fine paste of coriander leaves, ginger, garlic and green chilies. Add lemon juice to this paste
2. Heat ghee in a pan and add cloves and cinnamon to it. Now add rice and mix it well by stirring.
3. Add boiled beans, freshly prepared paste, salt and four cups of warm water into the rice. Mix well the entire content.
4. Transfer this mixture into an earthen pot.
5. Place the earthen pot for 30 minutes in a preheated oven at about 200º C /400° F.
6. Take out the pot and serve the hot and spicy Lilva Rice with kadi.