AARGGH! Another Zarda thread but PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME?

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Re: AARGGH! Another Zarda thread but PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME?

There you go the recipe Ira is talking about.

@CurruptAngel

I make zarda using Zubeda Tariq’s recipe(also on khanapakana.com) and it turns out perfect everytime. It’s a very easy recipe.

Ingredients:

Rice Saila 3 cups, soaked for 6-7 hours (these are the best but I don’t have saila so I use Basmati rice)
Sugar 2 ½ cups ( can adjust it according to your taste)
Milk 1 cup
Cloves 4
Pistachios 10, peeled and finely chopped
Almonds 10, peeled and finely chopped
Cardamoms 6-8
Yellow food color ½ tsp (I use orange)
Colored ashrafies few, cut in twos
Ghee 1 cup (can use butter)
Water

Method:
Bring water to boil in a large pan, add drained rice, 2 cloves and 3 cardamoms. When rice is almost done, strain in a colander and leave in colander for a few minutes. Turn the rice out in a large open bowl.
Mix in the food color, milk, nuts, sugar and ashrafies. **(I usually just boil milk in pan, add sugar and color and cook for a couple of minutes and then add rice and nuts and ghee at last). **Heat oil in a large pan; add cardamom and cloves and rice. Stir with a wooden spoon, cover and cook on high heat for five minutes. Then put the pan on a tawa and put on heat.
Lower heat after a few minutes, leave till rice is done. Serve hot or cold.
Serves: 10

http://www.paklinks.com/gs/showthread.php?t=280414

Hope it is helpful.