Recipe for Zarda – Saffron Sweet Rice
Ingredients
- 2 cup Sela Rice (soaked for 2 to 3 hours)
- 1 ½ cup Sugar
- 6 to 8 Pistachio (chopped)
- 6 to 8 Almond (chopped)
- Few Ashrafis (candy fruit) murabba
- 3 Cloves
- Oil or Ghee
- 4 to 6 Green cardamoms (Choti Ilaichi)
- ½ cup Milk
Cooking Directions
Boil water then put rice in it for 15 minutes rice in the boil water and let it and add 2 to 3 cloves cook for 5 to 8 mins.
When the rice is boiled, drain all the extra water.
Now take a big bowl or dish and put boiled rice, milk, food colour, sugar,dry fruits and ashrafies ( murabba )as well and mix it well.
In a pan, put ghee and fry cloves and cardamom, when they turn brown and an aroma starts to come, add rice and mix it well and then put on dum for 5 min on high heat.
Then put it on slow heat and then serve.
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