Punjabi Shahi Zarda

Photo: miansari66

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,

1/4 cup Coconut slices

8 Cloves

6 Mace small pieces

8 Cardamom green broken

20 Saffron threads

3 drops Pure Kewra

2 pinchs Yellow Food Colour

Preparation

Boil soaked rice with yellow food colour in 6-8 glass of water till full tender. Drain and keep aside.

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.

Mix well, then sprinkle ashrafi, khoya and saffron on top.

Simmer for 10 minutes, then sprinkle coloured baby cham cham and simmer for another 2 minutes.

Delicious Punjabi Shahi Zarda is ready.

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.