Ami's Zarda Recipe

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Ami's Zarda
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Ingredients
8
Count
Nutrition
375
Calories
Total time
45
Minutes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 cup rice
  • 4 cups water
  • 1/2 cup almonds
  • 1/2 cup raisins
  • 1/2 tsp of yellow powdered food coloring
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 6 -7 tbsp oil

Directions:

  1. Take a coffee mug fill it with water and add almonds to it and then put it in the microwave for 2 min , this will make it easier for you to take the skin off , cut them length wise across. Keep aside.
  2. Take another coffee mug, fill it with water and add raisins to it and place it in microwave for 1 minute Drain the water and keep aside.
  3. For rice: Put 4 cups of water in a sauce pan, add 3 cardamoms (break them with the back of the knife to release the pods/seeds –Note, we want the whole thing in not just the pods) and food color, bring to boil, add the rice in.Keep the heat on high.
  4. When rice is half way cooked turn the heat off and drain the water. Keep the rice aside. (In order to know if the rice is half cooked, with a spoon take three grains of rice and you will notice three lines in the middle of the grain; this means that the rice is half cooked.
  5. In a separate sauce pan , heat the oil, break 5 cardamoms add them in, cook for few seconds, add little less than 1/2 cup of water (CAUTION: MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A LID NEAR BY BEFORE ADDING WATER) Cover the sauce pan with lid as soon as you add water. Then add sugar and stir around till it’s well dissolved, add raisins and rice and almonds inches Mix the rice so that it’s covered with the sugar syrup and the raisins and almonds are evenly distributed.
  6. Keep the heat medium for 5 min or till all the liquid in the rice is gone. Add 2 teaspoon of oil on the top of rice for a little gloss. Now, cover the top of sauce pan with a foil paper and put the lid on, place the pan on a tawa (the one you make Indian pita bread on ) and cook it on a lower heat for 5 minute Reduce the heat further to the lowest for another 6-7min. AND you are DONE!
  7. This can be served hot or at room temperature. Some people like it with some Crème fraîche - but I like to eat it as it is with some apple and cinnamon green tea. Yummy!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 374.6 Kcal (1568 kJ)
Calories from fat 166.63 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 18.51g 28%
Sodium 8.6mg 0%
Potassium 189.79mg 4%
Total Carbs 50.31g 17%
Sugars 17.32g 69%
Dietary Fiber 2.14g 9%
Protein 4.48g 9%
Vitamin C 0.6mg 1%
Iron 1.8mg 10%
Calcium 44mg 4%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 174.07 Kcal (729 kJ)
Calories from fat 77.43 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 8.6g 28%
Sodium 4mg 0%
Potassium 88.19mg 4%
Total Carbs 23.38g 17%
Sugars 8.05g 69%
Dietary Fiber 0.99g 9%
Protein 2.08g 9%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 1%
Iron 0.8mg 10%
Calcium 20.4mg 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 8.6
    Points
  • 10
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • sodium free,
  • cholesterol free

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