Hello Friends,
Today I am going to share with you a cuisin which you will love to eat once you made " Meetha Bhaat" also known as "Zarda Pulao" is a sweet dish,said to be Persian origin. The 'Zarda' word comes from the Persian word ' Zard' which means 'Yellow', referring to the color it obtains.
The Zarda is popularized in North India( Himachal Pradesh) by Mughals. The "Ain-I -Akbari" of " Abul Fazal" explains the recipe of 'Zard Birinj'. Hope you like the story behind the famous cuisin.
Ingredients:-
1. Basmati Rice/Gobindo bhog rice- 1 cup.
2. Ghee(clarified butter)- 4tbsp.
3. Sugar- 1/4cup.
4. Orange food color-1/2 tsp.
5. Milk-3/4cup.
6. Almonds- 15 pieces.
7. Cashew nuts-15 pieces.
8. Golden Raisins- 1/4 cup.
9. Dry coconut- 4tsp.
10. Cinnamon stick-1(1-inch).
11. Cloves-4 pieces.
12. Green cardamom-4 pods.
13. Fennel seeds- 1 tbsp.
14. Saffron-1/4tsp.
Preparation Method:-
Step 1- Rinse the rice and soak for 10 minutes.
Step 2- Soak saffron strands, orange food color to Luke warm milk,set aside.
Step 3- Boil 3 cups of water with cloves (2pieces), cinnamon stick(1/2 inch), green Cardamom pods(2 pieces). Now add soaked rice cook until 80% done,drain and set aside.
Step 4- Heat ghee in a vessel, now add fennel seeds stir fry the seeds on low flame until fragrant. Now add remaining cinnamon stick,cloves,green cardamom pods and fry for few seconds.
Step 5- Now add almonds, cashew nuts,dry coconut,golden raisins and fry for a minute on low flame.(taking care not to burn them).
Step 6- Next add sugar and allow to little caramelized, shouldn't change its color to brown. Add 1/4 cup of water and let sugar syrup to boil.
Step 7- Now add cooked rice into it and add saffron & food color milk, slowly mix them, else rice will be broken.
Step 8- Cover the vessel and cook for 10 minutes on low flame or until all the moisture evaporates. Turn off flame.
Step 9- Now it's ready to serve.
This really looks rich and sumptuous. Not sure I can get all the ingredients around here, otherwise, I would have loved to try it.
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Thank you , I will do the same for my next post😊
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@jasonmunapasee@dsc-r2cornell Thank you my dear sweet friend 😊
Everthing looks amazing! Delicious.
OMG! This food is so colorful. It looks wonderful and I'm sure it tastes delicious @sunitahive.
@rosana6 you are absolutely right, it's very tasty dish😊