Zarda Sweet Rice (Pile chawal)

Name: Zarda Sweet Rice (Pile chawal)
Total time: 1800 s
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Indian
Ingredients: 1/2 cup Basmati Rice (long grained rice); 2 tbsp Ghee; 1/2" piece of Cinnamon; 2 Cloves (lavang); 2 Green Cardamoms; 1/3 cup Sugar; 1/4 cup Water; 2 pinch saffron colour; 10-15 Saffron Strands (kesar) dissolved in 1 tablespoon Milk; 1/4 tsp Green Cardamom Powder; 3 Almonds, sliced; 3-4 Cashew Nuts, chopped; 5-6 Raisins (kismis); 2 Pistachios, chopped; 250 gram gram khoya (grated); as needed Sufficient Water to boil rice

Harjinder Kaur @Cook_15275

Delhi

#Festive
Sweet dish is the most favorite part of a meal and are therefore a delight to relish! One such sweet-dish recipe is the rich traditional "ZARDAA" In PUNJAB On VAISAKHI This is a sweet treat And Perfect to be served on the auspicious occasion of VAISAKHI. Here I am prepared SWEET RICE in the traditional way BT with little KHOYA twist.

Harjinder Kaur @Cook_15275

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Ingredients

30 minutes

1 serving

1/2 cup Basmati Rice (long grained rice)
2 tbspGhee
1/2" piece of Cinnamon
2Cloves (lavang)
2Green Cardamoms
1/3 cupSugar
1/4 cup Water
2 pinch saffron colour
10-15Saffron Strands (kesar) dissolved in 1 tablespoon Milk
1/4 tsp Green Cardamom Powder
3Almonds, sliced
3-4Cashew Nuts, chopped
5-6Raisins (kismis)
2Pistachios, chopped
250 gramgram khoya (grated)
as neededSufficient Water to boil rice

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Steps

30 minutes

1

Dry roast the saffron strands in a small pan for 10 seconds. Add the milk and keep aside.
2

Bring the water to a boil add 2 pinch of saffron colour loung cinamom and add the drained out rice, yellow colour, laung and elaichi. When it comes to a boil, lower the heat and simmer, till the rice is almost cooked (about 12 minutes).
Drain the rice and rinse twice, in cold water and leave in a colander to drain.
3

In a heavy based pan, heat the ghee and fry the raisins and the almonds and saute till they change colour a little. Remove the nuts and keep aside and add the rice in the same ghee and mix well.
4

Boil 1/4 cup water and add 1/3 cup sugar in it make sugar syrup add Cardamom powder
5

Lower the heat, divide the boiled rice in three equal parts remove the rice and sprinkle half the sugar syrup on it, and then layer the fried nuts and half khoya and then the rest of the rice and the rest of the sugar syrup over it. Now put all dry fruits and khoya on it put rest of rice in third lair and saffron milk also Put the lid on to seal and place the pan over a griddle (tawa) over low heat for about 1/2 an hour.