I think I had some when I was in Pakistan for my wedding .. and man they tasted and smelled aweeeeesome 
I couldnt believe how they could be served together ! but Pakistan mai kuch bi possible hai 
Now I am thinking of doing that combination at home for guests 
So can someone tell me , if its the usual zarda used as sweet rice and the usual pulao used as pulao rice?
Re: Mix of namkeen and mithay rice
I think it's called mutanjan .........correct me if I am wrong ?
Re: Mix of namkeen and mithay rice
MUTANJAN
ING:
rice:2 cups
beef boneless:1/2 kg
onion:2
sugar:1 cup
water:1 cup
lemon:2
bari illaichi:3
small illaichi:8
dar chinni:2 tsp
whole black peper:2 tsp
bay leaf:2
kewra:3 tbsp
rose water:3 tbsp
safron:2 pinch
jawatri:2 pieces
ghee/oil:7 tbsp
salt:to tatse
METHOD:
- oven ko 250 degree pr pre heat kr len.
- ek bowl main rose water+kewra water+safron daal kr mix kren.
- ek pan main paani+sugar+lemon juice daal kr pka len.jb pk jai to bowl main nikaal len.
- onion ko finely chop kr len.ek pan main oil/ghee daal kr garam kr len thn is main onion daal kr is ko lite brown kr len jb colour a jai to is main bari illaichi+small cardamom+bay leaf+black paper add kr k mix kren.
- daar chinni+jawatri daal kr mix krenthn is ko brown kr len.
- thn is main meat daal kr mix kren agr paani dry ho jai to dobara thora sa water add kr k mix krne k baad cover kr den.
- thorea pkaqne k baad is ko stove se remove kr den.
- thn is main se sabut garam masala jo daala tha nikaal den.
- ek pan main water boil hone k liye rkh den.jb water boil ho jai to sabut garam masala daal den(jo meat se nikaala tha).
- thn is main rice add kren or 1 pinch salt add kren.jb thore pak jain to stain kr len.
- stain krne k baad is main se jo masala masala daala tha nikaal len.
- meat ko dobara stove pr rkh kr pre heat kr le thn is paani nikalte hi is main rice add kr den.rice ko achi trha mix kr den.
- thn rice ko ek dish main nikaal len or is k uper sugar ka sheera daal den thn is pr safron wala water add kr k is ko aluminium se uper se niche tak achi trha cover kr den.
- mutanjan ko pre haeted ovenmain rkh den.is ko full heat main pkana hai.
- time 30 min ho ga.
- thn is ko nikaal kr serve kren.
Re: Mix of namkeen and mithay rice
No Diamond wo walay nai .. the ones I had, had a clear distinct color among salty , pulao type rice and zarda type sweet rice .. know what i mean?
The sweet rice looked yellow while the pulao had its usual brownish color and they were mixed together !
Like having zarda and pulao in the same plate … wonder if i am making any sense 
Re: Mix of namkeen and mithay rice
I think then you can cook pulao and zarda separately and then just mix them and eat
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Oh no , you have given up on me diamond 
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no CB.....in my family people love eating mix rices pualo and zarda mix but some how I canot develop taste for it
Re: Mix of namkeen and mithay rice
There you go … so they do mix zarda and pulao 
… I know its a very specific taste , not everyone likes it … more so like when i make pakistan style tea at home , i always put a chutki namak in it ! coz I like that blend of sweet and salt … but I know no one in my family likes that taste !
So yeah , its quite a distinct taste …
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LOL...i mix the pulao and zarda and eat em. The taste in out of this world drools
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to think you like the taste lol
yesterday a woman brought over food from a khatum at her place… she had been stingy and used one bowl and put zarda on one side and pulao on the other… in carrying it over to our place.. duh, the piles toppled and what we had was pularda.
it tasted what hell must taste like… we threw it all away. horrible horrible…
you are an odd odd creature
Re: Mix of namkeen and mithay rice
^hawww hiii I love the mix too... infact the only time I have had it in Pakistan was either at shadis or at milads at people's house!!!
I dun think you can create that taste at home.. it has to be made in "daig" you know the HUGE pot!!! I love anything and everything that is cooked in daig!!!!
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Khawa , odd i am indeed 
… i mean it was the first time ever i had that combo and totally fell in love with it … lekin GTG is right , the other day i had some usual pulao left over and I made zarda specially so i could mix the two and the taste wasnt even close to the one I had in pakistan … I think the fact that its made in daigs does create a difference in taste 
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People from my dad side of the family love to mix zarda pulao together and eat it. They take about 1/3 zarda and 2/3 pulao in their plates and mix every bite with the same ratio. It tastes so divine that its not even funny.
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We’ve always mixed both together since we were small…I love the taste 
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TLK , thats some valuable insight into the divine mix … i thought it was half and half and i think that is the reason i didnt get that yummy taste … this time i will try it with the ratio you mentioned 
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^ I think you need to have more namkeen than meetha taste in your pulao/zarda mix or it would be too much of sugar to call it the main entree. However, I am not passing an absolute judgment on that ratio, I am just telling about the ratio that we use.
Re: Mix of namkeen and mithay rice
People from my dad side of the family love to mix zarda pulao together and eat it. They take about 1/3 zarda and 2/3 pulao in their plates and mix every bite with the same ratio. It tastes so divine that its not even funny.
Ditto!
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Lusi, are you from Jabalpur too ..
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lol.. no but my entire family mix meethay chawal (zarda (zarda more often)or even gurr walay chawal) with pulao.
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gur walay chawal with pulao … new combination yaay .. *runs to add to the list of to-do’s "