Zarda Recipe

Today I'm posting Zarda recipe. Zarda is sweet orange colored rice. Its a very popular punjabi dessert. My mom makes the best Zarda ever and I grew up eating the yummiest zarda every couple of weeks :)

Yesterday was my father's death anniversary and i made it for "Fatiha" (we pray for the departed soul with something that he/she used to like).

Here's the easiest and yummiest recipe for zarda. I hope you would like to give it a try.

Zarda

Rice: 2 cups

Orange color: 1 tsp

Sugar: 1 cup

Oil: 3 tbsp

Milk: 1/2 cup

Cardamom Powder: 1 tsp

Almonds, Pistachios and any other nuts of your choice: 1/4 cups

Boil rice with orange color till they are still hard ( 2 kanni). take out water and let them sit in a sieve so that all the water is gone. In another pan, heat oil and add cardamom, when it starts to smell, add sugar and milk and cook until it forms a nice starchy consistency. Add rice and nuts. Mix well. Cover and keep on the slowest heat for 15 minutes. Yummiest Zarda is ready to serve.