Zarda (Sweet Rice):
Zarda is a very special dish in South Asian cuisine. This dish is usually cook in weddings and eid. The sweet rice include different types of nuts, sweets (Mithai), Asharfian (colorful squares made-up of apple ) and Khoya, these thing made the zarda very rich dish.
Ingredients:
- Rice ---- 2 Cups.
- Sugar---- 1 Cup.
- Green Cardamom ---- 3 in number.
- Milk ---- Half Cup
- Ghee--- Half Cup
- Clove--- 3 to 4.
- Yellow food color ... As required.
For Decoration:
- Asharfian.... 1 Cup.
- Colorful Sweets ---1 Cup.
- Khoya --------- 1 Cup.
- Almonds---- As required.
Recipe:
- Soak rice in water for half hour and then boil them (DO NOT BOIL THEM COMPLETELY).
- In another small pan, put ghee, green cardamon and clove,let them cook for 1 minute and then add milk and sugar, and cook them, now this is called Shera.
- In other big pan, add some Shera then add all rice , then remaining Shera, add food color and let it cook on very low heat for half hour.
- Open the lid and add Asharfian, sweets, almonds and Khoya.
- This is ready to eat.
These are Khoya, Sweets and Asharfian (Top to bottom)
Asharfian.
Shera in process.
Asharfian and Almonds.
Zarda is ready to Eat!!!!!!!
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