Oliya
Equipment
- mixing bowls and spoons.
Ingredients
for the oliya base
- 3/4 cup yogurt unflavoured, natural set, not sour.
- 1/2 cup rice steamed and fluffed
- 1/4 cup milk
for mitha oliya
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp green cardamom powder
- 2-3 strands saffron
for namkeen oliya
- salt to taste
- 1/4 tsp mustard powder
- 1/2 tsp roasted cumin powder
- 1 tsp coriander leaves chopped
for the crunch
- 2-3 tbsp almonds crushed or silvered
- 2-3 tbsp cashew nuts crushed or split.
Instructions
To make namkeen oliya
- Into the mixing bowl add the yogurt and whisk till it is smooth.
- To this add the cooled rice, nuts, salt, mustard seed powder and roasted cumin powder and mix well till it is smooth.
- Mash the rice gently if you need to get a smooth consistency. Add a little bit of milk as needed.
- Transfer to the serving bowl and garnish with coriander leaves.
To make mitha oliya
- To the mixing bowl, add the yogurt and whisk till smooth.
- Add the saffron strands to lukewarm milk and set aside for 4-5 minutes.
- Now add the steamed rice, sugar, cardamom powder and saffron infused milk.
- Mix these well.
- Now add the nuts and mix again.
- Mitha oliya is now ready to serve.
Notes
- The rice should be at room temperature so that the yogurt doesn't split.
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