Zarda Pulao

SWEET TOOTH

ZARDA (SWEET RICE)

Learn how to make authentic Zarda Sweet Rice with this easy sweet rice recipe. Perfectly fragrant and colorful, this traditional Zarda is a delightful dessert for any occasion.

This is a classic  form for Zarda( Sweet Rice), a  various and  delicious South Asian cate that's  generally served at  marriages or other  fests and is made with rice, sugar, and dry fruits  invested with saffron. 

 

 Sweet Rice ZARDA form

 

 constituents 

 1 mug of aged, immaculately basmati rice 

 Sugar 3/4 to 1 mug( modify to taste) 

 Two to three green cardamoms 

 Two to three cloves 

 One little cinnamon stick 

 Half a tablespoon of  unheroic or orange food coloring, or a pinch of saffron beaches 

 2 – 3 soupspoons of clarified adulation or ghee 

 Two to three soupspoons of diced cashews, pistachios, or almonds 

 Two to three soupspoons of raisins 

 One teaspoon of rose water or kewra(  voluntary, for scent) 

 Two to three little coconut  gobbets( fried if asked ) 

 Boiling water for rice 

 

Directions 

wash the rice and let it soak for half an hour. Before  cuisine, drain. 

 

Add a pinch of  swab, a many drops of food coloring or saffron, and boiling water. Boil the  soaked rice until it's 90 done. After draining, set down. 

 

 toast the ghee in a heavy- bottomed pot. Stir in cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom. For a   many seconds, sauté. 

 

 Unevenly distribute the cooked rice over the ghee. 

 

 Sprinkle the rice with sugar. Spread it out in layers without  shifting. 

 

 still,  mizzle with rose water or kewra, If using.However, add beaches of saffron, If not   using food coloring. 

 

 Cover tightly with a lid( or, if using the old- fashioned" dum"  system, seal with dough)   and  brume on low heat for 15 to 20  twinkles, or until the rice is cooked through and the   sugar has melted. 

 

 Coconut, raisins, and nuts should be vocally fried in ghee in a different  visage until   golden. Sprinkle over or mix into the rice. 

 voluntary Extras  sweetened papaya, or tutti frutti 

 

 To add  uproariousness, use khoya( milk solids). 

 

 As a  trim, use  tableware splint. 

 

Warm up and serve 

Zarda can be eaten with plain yogurt or as part of a  gleeful feast, but it tastes stylish warm.