Zarda

Name: Zarda
Total time: 2100 s
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1and 1/2 cup Long Grain Basmati Rice; 2 cups Milk; 1 cup Sugar; 2 tbsp chopped Almonds; 8-10 Cashews; 2 tbsp Raisins; 1 cup Khoya(Mawa); 2 tbsp Tuti Fruti; 2 tbsp Ghee; 1 Green Cardamom; 1 tsp Kewda essence; 7-8 Saffron strands; 1 pinch Yellow food colour

Sanuber Ashrafi @tasty_treatbysanu

Jamshedpur

#ESR
Term zard means yellow colour and Zarda is a traditional sweet rice dish, from Indian subcontinent, made with saffron, milk and sugar, and flavoured with cardamoms, raisins, pistachios or almonds.

Sanuber Ashrafi @tasty_treatbysanu

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Ingredients

35 minutes

6 servings

1and 1/2 cup Long Grain Basmati Rice
2 cupsMilk
1 cupSugar
2 tbspchopped Almonds
8-10Cashews
2 tbspRaisins
1 cupKhoya(Mawa)
2 tbspTuti Fruti
2 tbspGhee
1Green Cardamom
1 tspKewda essence
7-8Saffron strands
1 pinchYellow food colour

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Steps

35 minutes

1

Heat ghee in a skillet and put cardamom.
2

Put washed rice in it.
3

Fry rice for 1-2 minutes and then add milk.
4

Mix well, cover, and cook till milk totally absorbed and the rice is 80% done.
5

Add sugar, dry fruits and kewda essence in it.
6

Add yellow food color and saffron in milk and add this to rice.
7

Add khoya, mix well and cook covered till sugar melts and rice becomes dry.
8

Transfer in serving plate and garnish with khoya, almonds, and tutti fruiti.