Punjabi Shahi Zarda

Ingredients

1/2 kilogram Saila Rice (Pakki Basmati Rice/Parboiled Rice), soaked i
1 1/2 cups Sugar (300 g)
1 cup Khoya (250 g)
250 grams Baby Cham Cham (coloured)
1/2 cup Ashrafi (Coloured)
1/2 cup Ghee
20 pieces Almond (soaked in warm water and skin removed)
20 pieces Pistachio (soaked in warm water and splited)
1/4 cup Raisin, soaked and washed,
8 Cloves
6 Mace small pieces
20 Saffron threads
3 drops Pure Kewra
2 pinchs Yellow Food Colour

Preparation

1
Boil soaked rice with yellow food colour in 6-8 glass of water till full tender. Drain and keep aside.
2
Now in a pan heat ghee, add cardamom green and stir for 2-3 minutes , then add almond, pitachio, raisin, coconut, cloves, mace, sugar, boiled rice and kewra.
3
Mix well, then sprinkle ashrafi, khoya and saffron on top.
4
Simmer for 10 minutes, then sprinkle coloured baby cham cham and simmer for another 2 minutes.
5
Delicious Punjabi Shahi Zarda is ready.
6
Mix well before serving.
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About

Punjabi Shahi Zarda is one of the most colourful and popular dessert in Punjab and also in all over Pakistan . It is cooked dering Eid ul Fitr and on wedding occasions and liked not only by children but also by adults.

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Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 11:13pm

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