Zarda (sweet pineapple rice)

Name: Zarda (sweet pineapple rice)
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 400 gms basmati rice; 500 gms sugar; 1 pineapple cut into peices; cashews and cherries; cloves whole green cardmom, cinnamon; 200 gms pure ghee

Mumtaz Kazi @cook_12196786

Zarda is prepared on special auspicious occassions,addition of pineapple gives a nice sweet and tangent flavour to rice.

Mumtaz Kazi @cook_12196786

Zarda is prepared on special auspicious occassions,addition of pineapple gives a nice sweet and tangent flavour to rice.

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Ingredients

400 gmsbasmati rice
500 gmssugar
1pineapple cut into peices
cashews and cherries
cloveswhole green cardmom, cinnamon
200 gmspure ghee

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Steps

1

Take a vessel,add pineaople peices and sugar,add water,just enough to cover pineapple,cook till sugar dissolves,cook furthur for 10 min,add 1tbs lemon yellow colour,keep it aside
2

Soak rice for half an hour
3

Heat water,when it comes to boil add rice and salt,cook till 3/4 done,strain,keep it aside.
4

Take broad pan,add ghee,fry cashews,remove and keep it aside,in the same ghee add boiled rice,stir gently,add cooked pineapple,cook till water evaporates,add cashews and cherries,put it on dum,on slow flame till rice is done(u can add pineapple essence to rice whike cooking)...garnish with cherries.