Step 1

Wash and rinse rice and black raisins and keep it aside.

Step 2

Take a clean big ceramic jar or a glass jar. Add in all ingredients, rice, raisins, sugar followed by water. Stir it well with a wooden ladle.

Step 3

Next add in yeast and lemon juice and mix well.

Step 4

Cover the jar with its lid.

Step 5

Everyday stir it well for 2 minutes in morning and evening.

Step 6

Do it for the next eighteen days.

Step 7

On the 19th day open the jar and filter it (you can use a muslin cloth, I didn’t use) to a clean big bowl.

Step 8

Wash the jar and allow it for pat drying.

Step 9

Transfer the filtered content to the jar back and close the lid. Keep it for another week.

Step 10

You can see the colour changing from the next day onwards.

Step 11

After the said period, transfer it to clean bottles and you can start using it.

Step 12

The rice wine is ready to serve.