Zarda

Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 30 mins
Total Time 40 mins
Category:
Difficulty: Intermediate
Description

Zarda is a traditional South Asian sweet rice dish made with sugar, cardamom, and orange food color. Finished with butter or ghee and nuts, this fragrant dessert is gently steamed until the sugar syrup is absorbed and the rice becomes flavorful and sweet.

Ingredients
  • 2 cups rice
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • V4 cup Water
  • 1/3 cup Butter or Ghee
  • 12 tsp Orange food color
  • 4 Green cardamom
  • Nuts for garnishing
Instructions
  1. 1
    Boil rice in 10 cups of water.
  2. 2
    Add cardamom and food color into the water.
  3. 3
    Cook rice until completely boiled but shouldn't be soft.
  4. 4
    Drain water.
  5. 5
    In a separate pan add a pinch of color, sugar, cardamom and 1/4 cup of water.
  6. 6
    We just need to dissolve sugar. As it dissolves, remove the pan from the heat.
  7. 7
    Sauté butter and nuts in a different pan.
  8. 8
    In a pot add sugar syrup, then rice. On top pour butter and nuts.
  9. 9
    Cover the lid.
  10. 10
    Keep rice on low flame.
  11. 11
    Don't mix until whole liquid disappears from the bottom.
  12. 12
    Once there's no liquid left, mix rice gently upside down. Serve hot.
Keywords: Zarda Recipe, Pakistani Zarda, Sweet Rice Recipe, Traditional Zarda, Meetha Chawal, Pakistani Desserts, Cardamom Sweet Rice, Zarda with Nuts
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