I have prepared Zarda or Kashmiri mava pulav but my rice got overcooked and I didn’t get the desired consistency. I don’t have extra time to cook it again so posting the same.Recipe source here. So let’s start the recipe.Yum
Ingredients :
1 cup Basmati rice
1 cup Sugar
2 tablespoon clarified butter
10 Almonds , sliced
10 cashew nuts , sliced
1 tablespoon raisins
1/4 cup milk
1 Cinnamon stick
2-3 Cloves
2 Cardamom
2 drops Yellow food color
Few Saffron strands
3/4 cup water
To garnish
Candied fruits /tutti Fruti
Method:
Soak the rice in 1 cup water for 1/2 an hour .
make a sugar syrup by dissolving the sugar in a cup of water .
Heat 2 teaspoon of clarified butter in a pan and fry the nuts .Drain the nuts and set aside.
To the same pan add remaining ghee. Now add clove,cinnamon and cardamom.
Add drained rice , stir for 2-3 minutes and then add water.
Add milk and food color . Cook it covered .
Now add the sugar syrup,saffron and half of the fried nuts,cook till rice are done.
Remove it and garnish with the rest of the nuts and candied fruits.
Serve warm.
Serve-2. Cooking time – 30 minutes
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Excellent and delicious looking mawa pulao. Wonderfully prepared.
Deepa
love the zarda nice post sapana 🙂
Omg, hard to resist to this beautiful pulao, those nuts and fruits looks like diamond in a crown, beautiful dish.
lovely color…agree the rice is overcooked but still has got a nice lustre..try again and post again 🙂
looks so tasty
what a beautiful color!!! wow and the candied fruits look so pretty in there…
zarda looks very nice and yumm..
Looks so rich and tempting
Thought the rice is overcooked, it is very colorful and inviting. I like the contrasting colors you used for the garnish and the background.
Wonderful zarda pulav ..Looks very tempting sapana
Colorful sweet rice looks great.
Zarda with mawa sounds very interesting and inviting,looks very colorful…
Mawa pulao looks gorgeous dear 🙂
Very colourful pulao. Looks absolutely inviting..
Exotic pulav with awesome step by step pictures..
sweet pulao would make a great option for kids too.. my son like anything sweet.
We had enjoyed it when we made for ICC..nice colour!
Looks very pretty with the tutti frutti topping! Good choice.
Such a colorful and delicious looking dish.
I made the same and loved it so much – since it is sweet rice is ok for pudding like consistency rice – I would love a bowl!
Sapana it may be overcooked but the colour you have here is awesome.
I love this sweet rice..looks colourful and mouthwatering.