Shahi Zarda

Ingredients

• Good quality Basmati Rice 2 cups 500 gms soaked in water for 2-3 hours
• Saffaron few strands
• Orange or yellow color a pinch
• Cardamom few pods
• Ghee 1 tablespoon
• Ghee 1/2 cup @daldapakistan
• Sugar 1 cup
• Khoya 1/2 cup
• Gulab jamuns small 10-12
• Ashrafian 1/2 cup
• Mix of nuts 1/2 cup

Instructions

1. 1

   --- Method ---

2. 2

   In a sauce pan add 8-10 cups of water and add saffron strands , cardamom pods and orange color with 1 tablespoon of oil or ghee

3. 3

   boil the rice until almost done , strain the water and set it aside

4. 4

   in a wok add ghee and then few cardamom pods and cloves and sauté fry for few min until aroma is released

5. 5

   then add the boiled rice

6. 6

   now add sugar on top of it and put on medium flame for 10-15 min by covering with lid until sugar is dissolved

7. 7

   give Dum for 5 min and then add khoya , gulab jamuns , ashrafian and nuts on top

8. 8

   serve hot