Zarda Recipe

Zarda Recipe

Zarda Recipe in English is an easy and traditional cooking recipe to prepare at home. It provides you an awesome taste of Pakistani Recipes.

Zarda Recipe

1 Kg rIce presoaked 

800 gms. to 1 kg Sugar (as per taste) 

¼ tsp. yellow food color 

2-3 tbs. Oil 

Dry fruit-Raisins (Kishmish), pistachio (Pistay), Almonds (Badam) 

10-12 Cloves (laung) 

8-10 green Cardamom (Chhoti Ilaichi) 

Khoya or Cream or Ricotta cheese 

1/2 tsp. Kewra Essence 

¼ Kg. Khoya

How to make Zarda 

METHOD:

Soak the rice for at least an hour. In pot add water till half full. 

Add color, 5-6 cloves and 4-5 ilaichi, boil and add rice. 

When the rice is almost cooked then drain. 

Then in oil add rest of the cloves and ilaichi 

and fry on low heat. 

Add the well drained rice and sugar. 

Mix well. 

Cover and cook for a few minutes on low heat. 

Then add khoya and dry fruits. 

Mix and before removing from heat add kewra. 

Serving: 6 to 8 persons.