Ingredients:
- Water 8-10 cups
- Salt ½ tsp
- Water ¼ cup
- Zarda meals color 2tsp
- Zuraiz Sella 1121 Rice (sella) 1 & ½ cup (soaked for 4 hours)
- Ghee ½ cup (Ideally desi ghee)
- Green cardamom 3-4
- Cloves 3-4
- Sugar ¾ cup or to taste
- Kewra essence 1tsp
For adornment:
- Ashrafiyan
- Dry fruits/nuts
- Pheeka khoya
Instructions:
- In a pot, upload water, and convey it to a boil.
- Add salt. Dissolve zarda meal color within the water, add it to the pot, and blend well.
- Add rice and convey it to a boil, prepare dinner until the rice is done.
- Pressure rice and put it aside.
- In a separate pot, add ghee, green cardamom, and cloves, and saute for a minute.
- Add boiled rice and sugar. Cover and prepare dinner until sugar totally dissolves (approx.10-15 minutes) on medium-low flame.
- Place a griddle on the stove and put back pot over the griddle.
- Put it on simmer for 10 mins.
- Add kewra essence,ashrafiyan,pheeka khoya, and dry fruits/nuts.
- Cover and steam cook for 10 minutes.
- Zarda is ready, add gulab jamun and chum chum for garnishing.
