Zarda (Yellow Sweet Rice)
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Zarda / Yellow Sweet Rice
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Zarda or Yellow Sweet rice is one of the most famous dish among Muslim feast. People prefer to have it as a sweet dish but some time they enjoy the mix taste of Zarda and Biryani also. I love both tastes and have a great temptation for this dessert ... if you are fond of sweet dishes... this dish is specially for you.
Category - desserts/ Sweet dishes
Time- 20 min.
Ingredients-
- Basmati Rice -2 cup (soaked in water for one hour)
- Sugar- 1 cup
- Salt- 1/4 tea spoon
- Pure ghee/ refind oil - 2 table spoon
- Clove 3-4
- White cardamom- 5-6
- Orange peel- chopped- 1/2 tea spoon
- Curd- (fresh - not sour)-1 table spoon or
- Full cream milk- 1/2 cup
- Saffron food colour- 1/4 spoon
- Dry fruits- as per your choice
How to cook -
Put two cup of water in the vessel .... add soaked rice , salt , yellow colour and chopped orange peel in the water and make it to boil till the rice is half cooked.Now drain water, and keep the yellow rice in the sieve.
Take a deep pan and put a thin layer of half cooked rice in the vessel, then make a layer of sugar on the rice then again make a layer of rice and then add layer of the sugar on the rice . Cover the pot with the lid and cook it on the low flame for few minutes. After few minutes open the lid ... stir 2-3 times as sugar melted well with the rice . Mix fresh curd or milk in the rice to makes rice soft. cover the lid for 10-15 minutes till it well cooked.when it is done, turn off the heat.....
Heat the pure ghee / cooking oil in the pan ... add clove , white cardamom, in the oil and pour it out on the Zarda Close the lid again .Delicious Zarda is ready to be served.
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Take out Zarda in the Dish.Garnish it with your favourite dry fruits and enjoy the great feast at home.
Happy Cooking!!!
Arshia zaidi
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