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Zarda Or Sweet Pulao
 
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes
Cook Time: 30 Minutes
Ready In: 30 Minutes
Servings: 8
This is a pakistani dish .
Ingredients:
500 g rice presoaked
500 g sugar (or as per taste)
1/4 tsp saffron
200 g ghee
dry fruit-raisins , pistachio , almonds
10-12 cloves
8-10 green cardamom
200 g khoya or cream or ricotta cheese
1/2 tsp. kewra essence ( screwpine/pandan essence )
to garnish
200 g small dumplings of multi coloured gulab jamuns
slivers of almonds .
Directions:
1. Soak the rice for at least an hour. In pot add water till half full.
2. Add Kewra essence , 3/4 of cardamom and cloves , saffron and boil .
3. Add rice .
4. When the rice is almost cooked then drain . ( do not over cook )
5. Sprinkle some cold water on top for the rice to separate .
6. Temper in a heavy bottom pan this well drained half cooked rice .
7. Sprinkle the sugar. and khoya on top .
8. Temper rest of the cloves and cardamom with ghee .
9. Dum for 15 mins .
10. Add the dry fruits on top .
11. Mix and before removing from heat add kewra .
12. Garnish and Serve .
By RecipeOfHealth.com