Zarda / Zafrani Pulao

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:

1. Wash the rice properly and soaked in water about half an hour.
2. After that drain the water properly and keep the rice aside.
3. Heat the ghee in a heavy pan and add rice and fry it for 4-5 min.
4. Add sugar, nutmeg powder, cardamom powder, saffron and 3 cups
   of water and half cup of milk and stir it properly.
5. Cook it for 15 min in a medium flame with cover.
6. When the water is totally absorbed, add almond & cashew and stir it
   properly.
7. Zarda or Zafrani Pulao is ready to serve.