Zarda Ingredients:

• Long grain rice ½ kg (soaked in water for 20 minutes)
• Sugar 2 cups
• Yellow food color ½ tsp
• Almonds 10 (blanched and slivered)
• Pistachio nuts 10 (blanched and slivered)
• Cloves 6
• Small cardamoms 4
• Banaspati Ghee or Cooking Oil 1 cup

how to make Zarda

• Boil 8 cups of water in a pan and add rice, cloves and cardamoms.
• Cook till the rice is boiled.
• Strain and drain all the water. Leave to cool.
• Spread rice on a large dish, sprinkle sugar, food color and slivered nuts on it.
• Carefully mix so that the color spreads evenly. Now heat the banaspati in a pan, add rice and cook on low heat until all the syrup of sugar dries up.
• Place the pan on a heavy griddle (tava) and cook for 20-30 minutes.
• Remove from heat. Fluff it up with a fork and serve.