Zarda Rice

Name: Zarda Rice
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: For cooking rice :; 1/2 cup Basmati rice; 5-6 cloves; 3-4 strand saffron; as required Water; For zarda recipe :; 3 tbsp Ghee; 1/2 tsp Green cardamom powder of 4 cardamoms; 1/2 cup Sugar; 6 Almonds; 6 Pistachios; 6 Cashews; 12 Raisins; as required Yellow sweet colour

Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

New Delhi

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Aruna Thapar @Arunathapar27

New Delhi

#ebook
#Post_35
#ricecontest
#Post_5

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Ingredients

For cooking rice :
1/2 cupBasmati rice
5-6cloves
3-4 strandsaffron
as requiredWater
For zarda recipe :
3 tbspGhee
1/2 tspGreen cardamom powder of 4 cardamoms
1/2 cupSugar
6Almonds
6Pistachios
6Cashews
12Raisins
as requiredYellow sweet colour

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Steps

1

Wash and Soak rice for 30 minutes.
2

Pressure cook rice with 1 cup of water, cloves and saffron till 2 whistles.
3

Once the pressure settles down, open the lid and gently fluff the rice.
4

In a heavy-bottomed karahi heat 3 tbsp pure ghee and spread it on all sides of karahi. Add cooked rice and add half cup sugar. Sprinkle cardamom powder.
5

Stir well gently so that sugar gets mixed evenly with cooked rice.
6

On a low flame cook zarda pulao mixture. Sugar will start melting. Stir occasionally. Cook till sugar solution dries up.
7

Once there is no liquid consistency, add pistachio, almonds and cashew. Mix well and switch off the flame. Add raisins.
8

Serve hot.