Zarda / Zafrani Pulao
Ingredients:
- 500 gm Basmati
rice - 100 gm sugar
- 1/2 cup of almond
(chopped) - 1/2 cup of
cashew nut - 1/2 teaspoon
nutmeg powder - 1/2 teaspoon cardamom
powder - A pinch of
saffron - 1/2 cup of
ghee
Preparation:
- Wash the rice properly and soaked in water about half an hour.
- After that drain the water properly and keep the rice aside.
- Heat the ghee in a heavy pan and add rice and fry it for 4-5 min.
- Add sugar, nutmeg powder, cardamom powder, saffron and 3 cups
of water and half cup of milk and stir it properly. - Cook it for 15 min in a medium flame with cover.
- When the water is totally absorbed, add almond & cashew and stir it
properly. - Zarda or Zafrani Pulao is ready to serve.