Zarda

Zarda

Ingredients

• ½ kg Rice
• 2 liter Water
• ¼ tsp Salt
• Yellow color a pinch
• 6 Green cardamom
• 6 Cloves
• ½ cup Ghee
• ½ cup Almonds and pistachio sliced
• ½ cup Red and green artificial cherries chopped
• 1 cup Khoya
• ½ kg Sugar

Method

1. Soak ½ kg rice for 30 minutes, boil 2 liter water in a pan with ¼ tsp salt, a pinch of color, 6 green cardamom and 6 cloves, add in soaked rice and cook till nearly done, drain and keep aside, in a pan heat ½ cup ghee, add ½ cup water and ½ kg sugar, cook until sugar dissolve and it has become into a thick syrup. 
2. When it starts boiling add boiled rice, cover and cook on medium flame for 10 minutes, when syrup starts drying, lower the heat and simmer with a wet napkin, lastly add in chopped almonds, pistachio, artificial cherries, khoya and simmer for 5 minutes, garnish with tiny gulab jamuns and serve.