Zarda Recipe (Sweet Rice) By Food Fusion

A very simple and quick Zarda recipe. All tried and tested. So Enjoy and #HappyCookingToYou

ZARDA Recipe in English:


Ingredients:
-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

Direction:
-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.


Recipe in Urdu:

Ajza:
-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

Directions:
-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.

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