Sweet Yellow Rice (Zarda)

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Ingredients:

·         4 cups basmati rice

·         3 ½ cups sugar

·         ¼ tsp orange food colour

·         10-15 almonds, chopped

·         10-15 pistachio, chopped

·         1 tbsp chopped walnuts

·         Few ashrafies (candy fruit)

·         6 green cardamoms

·         1 tbsp raisins

·         2 tbsp vegetable oil

·         2 cups milk

·         1 tbsp cream (optional)

Preparation:

        Soak the rice for about 7-8 hours. Bring water to boil and add 3 green cardamoms and food colour. Then add rice in it and let it cook for 5-8 minutes. Now drain all the extra water. Now take a big bowl or dish and put boiled rice, milk, sugar, dry fruits and ashrafies and mix well. In a pan, put ghee and fry remaining cardamoms, when they turn brown and an aroma starts to come, add rice and mix well and then simmer for 5 min on low heat. Then add cream and soaked raisins. Sweet Yellow Rice (Zarda) is ready. Enjoy!