Ingredients:
- Water 8-10 cups
- Salt ½ tsp
- Water ¼ cup
- Zarda food color 2tsp
- -Rice (sella) 1 & ½ cup (soaked for 4 hours)
- Ghee ½ cup (Preferably desi ghee)
- Green cardamom 3-4
- Cloves 3-4
- Sugar ¾ cup or to taste
- Kewra essence 1tsp
For decoration:
- Ashrafiyan
- Dry fruits/nuts
- Pheeka khoya
Directions:
In a pot,add water, bring it to boil.
Add salt. Dissolve zarda food color in water ,add it to pot and mix well.
Add rice and bring it to boil,cook until rice are done.
Strain rice and set aside.
In a separate pot,add ghee,green cardamom and cloves,saute for a minute.
Add boil rice, sugar.Cover and cook until sugar completely dissolves (approx.10-15 minutes) on medium low flame.
Place griddle on stove and put back pot over griddle.
Put it on simmer for 10 minutes.
Add kewra essence,ashrafiyan,pheeka khoya,dry fruits/nuts.
Cover and steam cook for 10 minutes.
Zarda is ready, add gulab jamun and chum chum for garnishing.
Ajza:
- Pani 8-10 cups
- Namak ½ tsp
- Pani ¼ cup
- Zarda ka rang 2tsp
- Chawal (sella) 1 & ½ cup (soaked for 4 hours)
- Ghee ½ cup
- Hari elaichi 3-4
- Laung 3-4
- Cheeni ¾ cup ya hasb e zaiqa
- Kewra essence 1tsp
For decoration:
- Ashrafiyan
- Dry fruits/nuts
- Pheeka khoya
Directions:
Patili mein pani dal ker dhak k ubal lein.
Namak dal dei. Pani mein zarda ka rang mix ker k pot mein dal dein aur ache tarhan mix ker lein.
Chawal shamil karein aur chawal ubal lein.
Chawal chaan lein aur side per rakh dein.
Alag patili mein ghee garam karein,hari elaichi aur laung dal ker ek miute kliya saute karein.
Ab is mein boil chawal,cheeni dal dein. Dhak ker halki ancch per cheeni ghul janay tak paka lein (approx.10-15 minutes)
Chulhay per tawa rakh ker us k upper patili rakh dein.
Dum per 10 minutes kliya rakh dein.
Kerwa essence,ashrafiyan,pheeka khoya,dry fruits/nuts shamil karein.
Dhak ker dum per 10 minutes kliya rakh dein.
Zarda tayyar hai, gulab jamun aur cham cham sa garnish karein.
