Zarda Recipe (Sweet Rice)
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WHAT YOU NEED
Ingredients
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- Water 8-10 cups
- Salt ½ tsp
- Water ¼ cup
- Zarda food color 2tsp
- Rice (sella) 1 & ½ cup (soaked for 4 hours)
- Ghee ½ cup (Preferably desi ghee)
- Green cardamom 3-4
- Cloves 3-4
- Sugar ¾ cup or to taste
- Kewra essence 1tsp
For decoration:
- Ashrafiyan
- Dry fruits/nuts
- Pheeka khoya
- Pani 8-10 cups
- Namak ½ tsp
- Pani ¼ cup
- Zarda ka rang 2tsp
- Chawal (sella) 1 & ½ cup (soaked for 4 hours)
- Ghee ½ cup
- Hari elaichi 3-4
- Laung 3-4
- Cheeni ¾ cup ya hasb e zaiqa
- Kewra essence 1tsp
For decoration:
- Ashrafiyan
- Dry fruits/nuts
- Pheeka khoya
HOW IT’S MADE
Method
- In a pot,add water, bring it to boil.
- Add salt. Dissolve zarda food color in water ,add it to pot and mix well.
- Add rice and bring it to boil,cook until rice are done.
- Strain rice and set aside.
- In a separate pot,add ghee,green cardamom and cloves,saute for a minute.
- Add boil rice, sugar.Cover and cook until sugar completely dissolves (approx.10-15 minutes) on medium low flame.
- Place griddle on stove and put back pot over griddle.
- Put it on simmer for 10 minutes.
- Add kewra essence,ashrafiyan,pheeka khoya,dry fruits/nuts.
- Cover and steam cook for 10 minutes.
- Zarda is ready, add gulab jamun and chum chum for garnishing.
- Patili mein pani dal ker dhak k ubal lein.
- Namak dal dei. Pani mein zarda ka rang mix ker k pot mein dal dein aur ache tarhan mix ker lein.
- Chawal shamil karein aur chawal ubal lein.
- Chawal chaan lein aur side per rakh dein.
- Alag patili mein ghee garam karein,hari elaichi aur laung dal ker ek miute kliya saute karein.
- Ab is mein boil chawal,cheeni dal dein. Dhak ker halki ancch per cheeni ghul janay tak paka lein (approx.10-15 minutes)
- Chulhay per tawa rakh ker us k upper patili rakh dein.
- Dum per 10 minutes kliya rakh dein.
- Kerwa essence,ashrafiyan,pheeka khoya,dry fruits/nuts shamil karein.
- Dhak ker dum per 10 minutes kliya rakh dein.
- Zarda tayyar hai, gulab jamun aur cham cham sa garnish karein.
